Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PEACE, by HAROLD TROWBRIDGE PULSIFER


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First Line: The cannon's voice is dumb
Last Line: To arms! For peace is here!
Subject(s): Holidays; Veterans Day; World War I; First World War


THE cannon's voice is dumb,
The sword is sheathed again,
Homeward our legions come —
Is it peace for the sons of men?

Peace for the troubled earth
And the host of those that lie
In the lands that gave them birth
Or beneath a stranger sky?

Shall children laugh for aye
And the sound of weeping cease
At the call of those who cry
Peace — when there is no peace?

Peace? What is peace but a name
For the war that shall not end
While souls are wrought in flame
High heaven to defend? —

Peace is a living sword
Forged for the hand of man
At the smithy of the Lord
In the halls where life began.

Peace is a challenge blown
In the trumpet of the wind —
Till the stars are overthrown
Lift up your eyes, O blind!

And with your eyes mark well
God's banners swinging clear.
What do these banners tell?
To arms! For peace is here!





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