From too much love of living,
From hope and fear set free,
We thank with brief thanksgiving
Whatever gods may be
That no life lives for ever,
That dead men rise up never;
That even the weariest river
Winds somewhere safe to sea.
Bio: Dame Alexandra Margaret Martin Hasluck, Lady Hasluck, was an author and social historian from Western Australia. She was the wife of Sir Paul Hasluck, Governor-General of Australia 1969-74.
