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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PEACE, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: O brother, lift a cry, a long world cry
Last Line: To end it in the sacred name of man!
Subject(s): Peace; Social Protest; War
First Line: O brother, lift a cry, a long world cry
Last Line: To end it in the sacred name of man!
Subject(s): Peace; Social Protest; War
O brother, lift a cry, a long world-cry
Sounding from sky to sky—
The cry of one great word,
Peace, peace, the world-will clamoring to be heard—
A cry to break the ancient battle-ban,
To end it in the sacred name of Man!
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