My favourite CJ Dennis lines. I should imagine that after men returned from Gallipoli and the First World War they would certainly have had a different appearance:
An' when I ask Mar Flood she sighs--
An' sez 'e's got the Anzac eyes.
She sez 'e's got them soldier's eyes
That makes 'er own eyes wet.
West (CJ Dennis
ANZAC EYES
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Maureen K Clifford
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Re: ANZAC EYES
It's sad that we still have men and women coming back to this country and to countries of many nations with Anzac eyes ...around the world mothers weep
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Vic Jefferies
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Re: ANZAC EYES
Couldn't agree more Maureen, but it seems it is the way of the world and was ever thus. However, I think CJ Dennis captured the whole disaster with the simple lines,
"An' when I ask Mar Flood she sighs--
An' sez 'e's got the Anzac eyes."
We now know what unspeakable things those eyes must have seen.
"An' when I ask Mar Flood she sighs--
An' sez 'e's got the Anzac eyes."
We now know what unspeakable things those eyes must have seen.
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Heather
Re: ANZAC EYES
Those few lines say so much Vic.
After Black Saturday I saw that same look in the eyes of people who had been through unspeakable terror during the fire. At the time I didn't realise what it was but I now know it was shock and I can see it in the eyes of people in photographs. It's something I will never forget.
Heather
After Black Saturday I saw that same look in the eyes of people who had been through unspeakable terror during the fire. At the time I didn't realise what it was but I now know it was shock and I can see it in the eyes of people in photographs. It's something I will never forget.
Heather