| George William (“A. E.”) Russell (1867–1935). Collected Poems by A.E. 1913. |
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| 22. Waiting |
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| WHEN the dawn comes forth I wonder | |
| Will our sad, sad hearts awaken, | |
| And the grief we laboured under | |
| From the new-in-joy be shaken? | |
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| If the night be long in going, | 5 |
| All our souls will fix in sadness; | |
| And the light of morning glowing | |
| Waken in our eyes no gladness. | |
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| All unschooled in mirth we will not | |
| Rouse forgotten joys from sleeping; | 10 |
| And the dawn our pain shall still not: | |
| We will gaze on it with weeping. | |
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