<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=413871" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>For this relief much thanks for M lady Ann</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Just a few dwindling pools remain<br> in what was once the river bed.<br>Three years and more without rain. <br>Most of my livestock long since dead.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yet still I have to struggle on<br>I have no choice no place to go<br>All of my men have packed and gone, <br>To where the deeper rivers flow.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Each evening I pray for rain<br>I won’t surrender to despair.<br>I’m not too old to start again.<br>No man can win who does not dare.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The storm clouds gather overhead.<br>Perhaps in answer to my prayer.<br>This time release much needed rain.<br>There’s water, water everywhere.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The river fills and overflows.<br>The arid earth drinks greedily.<br>The drought is over: Heaven knows<br>I’ve had my share of misery.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I face the future confident<br>That I can do what must be done<br>Determination and intent<br> are all I have I will go on.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I will build up my stock and then<br> I will employ some jackaroos.<br> To help me run the place again <br>much needed help that I can use.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But for the present work alone.<br> My nearest neighbour’s miles away<br>There is so much that must be done.<br> Enough to fill each working day.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When evening comes I will give thanks. <br>Unto my maker gratefully.<br>The river flows between its banks.<br> And all is as it ought to be.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">09/07/2009<br>http: // blog.myspace.com.poeticpiers</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ivor+Or+Ivor.e+Hogg">Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=413871" data-title="For this relief much thanks for M lady Ann de Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg" data-description="Just a few dwindling pools remain in what was once the river bed. Three years and more without rain. Most of my livestock long since dead. Yet still I have to struggle on I have no choice no place to go All of my men have packed and gone, To w..."></div> </div> </div>

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