Peace and war An Ode. By William Allingham. Reprinted, by permission, from the "Daily News." |
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And lo! through calm and sunny skies,Fair Peace returning from above,
With joy and comfort in her eyes,
Two azure founts of heavenly love.
Her wings subside, her hand doth hold
An ivory lily tongued with gold.
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O Lord, to whom all earth belongs!(So mounts our psalm like holy fire)
Thou knewest well the oppressor's wrongs,
But never didst with him conspire!
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Abhor injustice more than death.
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Crush'd lies the power that served Thee not;Nor was there any other way.
Sternly and fiercely have we fought;
Oh grant our happier sons to say:
“That ancient conflict is the last,
And War a monster of the past.”
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From year to year, from land to land,No longer full of craft and spoil,
May Love and Knowledge, hand in hand,
Sow blessings in a grateful soil;
And angels see betwixt the poles,
One brotherhood of human souls.
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May every potentate discernThe ruler of his rule in Thee;
And every nation joy to learn
Obedience that can make them free.
For all the world is Thine alone,
Thine, Lord, the Universal Throne!
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