BD. Edmund Blunden

129. For the Education Institute of Aichi Prefecture. In Aichiken kyôiku bunka kenkyûshô (Aichi Prefecture Education and Culture Institute). Nagoya: Asai, 1958.

As in so many of Blunden’s post-war occasional poems, the speaker refers to the dark days of the war, notes the present hopeful time, and looks forward to a brighter day. Composed in January 1949 according to a note accompanying a reprint in 160; reprinted also in 164.