Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PEACE, by HENRY VAN DYKE


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First Line: With eager heart and will on fire
Last Line: And in that moment peace was won.
Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus
Subject(s): Peace; Religion; Theology


WITH eager heart and will on fire,
I strove to win my great desire.
"Peace shall be mine," I said; but life
Grew bitter in the barren strife.

My soul was weary, and my pride
Was wounded deep; to Heaven I cried,
"God grant me peace or I must die;"
The dumb stars glittered no reply.

Broken at last, I bowed my head,
Forgetting all myself, and said,
"Whatever comes, His will be done;"
And in that moment peace was won.





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