Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PEACE, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY First Line: Peace in our time, o lord Last Line: Of all men everywhere! Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Peace; Prayer; Religion; Theology | ||||||||
Peace in our time, O Lord, To all the peoples -- Peace! Peace surely based upon Thy Will And built in righteousness. Thy power alone can break The fetters that enchain The sorely-stricken soul of life, And make it live again. Too long mistrust and fear Have held our souls in thrall; Sweep through the earth, keen breath of heaven, And sound a nobler call! Come, as Thou didst of old, In love so great that men Shall cast aside all other gods And turn to Thee again! O, shall we never learn The truth all time has taught, -- That without God as architect Our building comes to naught? Lord, help us, and inspire Our hearts and lives, that we May build, with all Thy wondrous gifts, A Kingdom meet for Thee! Peace in our time, O Lord, To all the peoples -- Peace! Peace that shall crown a glad new world, With Thy High Sovereignties. O Living Christ, who still Dost all our burdens share, Come now and reign within the hearts Of all men everywhere! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY A NEW EARTH by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY |
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