Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DIES IRAE - DIES PACIS, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY


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DIES IRAE - DIES PACIS, by                    
First Line: Only through me!'...The clear, high call comes pealing
Last Line: "christ by his own was crucified again?"
Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John
Subject(s): Religion; Theology


"Only through Me!" ... The clear, high call comes pealing,
Above the thunders of the battle-plain; --
"Only through Me can Life's red wounds find healing;
Only through Me shall Earth have peace again.

Only through Me! ... Love's Might, all might transcending,
Alone can draw the poison-fangs of Hate.
Yours the beginning! -- Mine a nobler ending, --
Peace upon Earth, and Man regenerate!

Only through Me can come the great awakening;
Wrong cannot right the wrongs that Wrong hath done;
Only through Me, all other gods forsaking,
Can ye attain the heights that must be won.

Only through Me shall Victory be sounded;
Only through Me can Right wield righteous sword;
Only through Me shall Peace be surely founded;
Only through Me..... Then bid Me to the Board!"

Can we not rise to such great height of glory?
Shall this vast sorrow spend itself in vain?
Shall future ages tell the woeful story, --
"Christ by His own was crucified again?"





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