Jan Struther was the pen name of Joyce Anstruther, later Joyce Maxtone Graham and finally Joyce Placzek , an English writer remembered for her character Mrs. Miniver and a number of hymns, such as "Lord of All Hopefulness". Wikipedia
“Now heaven be thanked, I am out of love again!
I have been long a slave, and now am free;”
FREEDOM, BETSINDA DANCES AND OTHER POEMS
“For to love, loveless, is a bitter pill:
But to be loved, unloving, bitterer still.”
THE CHOICE, BETSINDA DANCES AND OTHER POEMS
“In childhood the daylight always fails too soon -- except when there are going to be fireworks;”
Guy Fawkes' Day, Mrs. Miniver
“Then say–how come the years to seem so swift,
The days, the days so slow?”
A PARADOX, BETSINDA DANCES AND OTHER POEMS
“O love's a simple word to say
With nature aiding and abetting;”
LONDON LOVERS, BETSINDA DANCES AND OTHER POEMS
