(@3The Fisheries dispute having been amicably compromised, the world is at peace again.@1 ....News Despatch.) @3'AT Peace'?@1 The world has never been at peace— Its wars are never-ending; there is naught In all its battles like these overwrought And storming hours with their dark increase. The cities roar; in every street one sees Women and children, battle-wounded, caught.— No slaves, no shattered hosts have ever fought So bitterly, so hopeless of release... Well, if it must be war, take up the sword, Facing the world with grim and savage glee; And, with the courage of a Faith restored, Strike till the darkness falters, and we see That liberty is no mere gaudy word, And peace no slothful, placid mockery. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FALCONER OF GOD by WILLIAM ROSE BENET A DIVINE IMAGE, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE MOTLEY by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE AT MIDSUMMER by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON BIRDS by NESTA HIGGINSON SKRINE |