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MASQUE OF ALFRED: SONG. TO PEACE by JAMES THOMSON (1700-1748)

Poet Analysis

First Line: O PEACE! THE FAIREST CHILD OF HEAVEN
Last Line: RETURN, WITH EASE AND PLEASURE IN THY TRAIN.
Subject(s): PEACE;

O peace! the fairest child of Heaven,
To whom the sylvan reign was given,
The vale, the fountain, and the grove,
With every softer scene of love:
Return, sweet Peace! and cheer the weeping swain!
Return, with Ease and Pleasure in thy train.



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