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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MILLENNIUM, by IDA TEEPLE WITTENBERGER
First Line: The armaments and power of kings
Last Line: In chains in deepest hell!
Subject(s): Judgment Day; Peace; End Of The World; Doomsday; Fall Of Man
First Line: The armaments and power of kings
Last Line: In chains in deepest hell!
Subject(s): Judgment Day; Peace; End Of The World; Doomsday; Fall Of Man
The armaments and power of kings,
Desire for wealth and pride,
Have torn the world before and since
The time our Saviour died.
Greece, Rome, and Carthage, not alone,
For Babylon came before;
Assyria and a host beside
Were empires built with gore.
Napoleon and Charlemagne,
Striving for earthly power,
Like Alexander built with arms,
And had but a brief hour.
Wilhelm and Nicholas in our time
Have learned the lesson too
That peoples cry aloud to God
As czars and kaisers do.
Peace! Peace! Descend and reign on earth!
How long will you delay?
Until the time when Jesus comes
And wipes our tears away?
God! Give us peace a thousand years
When men in love may dwell,
And cast grim war with Satan's hosts
In chains in deepest hell!
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