Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IS IT A DREAM?, by GEOFFREY ANKETELL STUDDERT-KENNEDY


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First Line: Is it a dream, and nothing more - this faith
Last Line: In open comradeship to all the world?
Alternate Author Name(s): Willie, Woodbine
Subject(s): Brotherhood; Religion; Theology


Is it a dream, and nothing more -- this faith
That nerves our brains to thought, our hands to work
For that great day when wars shall cease, and men
Shall live as brothers in a unity
Of love -- live in a world made splendid?

Is it a dream -- this faith of ours that pleads
And pulses in our hearts, and bids us look,
Through mists of tears and time, to that great day
When wars shall cease upon the earth, and men,
As brothers bound by love of man and God,
Shall build a world as gloriously fair
As sunset skies, or mountains when they catch
The farewell kiss of evening on their heights?

In our hearts this question, in our minds
The haunting echoes of the song of war;
When will the nations cure the itching palm?
Change curse of pride to love of peace?
How long before such peace can pass our lips,
Can claim our minds and drive out all distrust?
When shall our fingers dare to drop the sword,
While with unquestioning eyes we reach two hands
In open comradeship to all the world?





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