From this dread sowing, grant us harvest, Lord, Of Nobler Doing, and of Loftier Hope, -- An All-Embracing and Enduring Peace, -- A Bond of States, a Pact of Peoples, based On no caprice of royal whim, but on Foundation mightier than the mightiest throne -- The Well-Considered Will of All the Lands. Therewith, -- a simpler, purer, larger life, Unhampered by the dread of war's alarms, A life attuned to closer touch with Thee, And golden-threaded with Thy Charity; -- A Sweeter Earth, -- a Nearer Heaven, -- a World As emulous in Peace as once in War, And striving ever upward towards The Goal. @3So, once again, through Death shall come New Life, And out of Darkness, Light.@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 8 by THOMAS CAMPION SIMON THE CYRENIAN SPEAKS by COUNTEE CULLEN THE SPARROW by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR SPARKLING AND BRIGHT by CHARLES FENNO HOFFMAN THE STIRRUP-CUP by SIDNEY LANIER THE WILD SWANS AT COOLE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |