@3Peace!@1 — But there is no peace. To hug the thought Is but to clasp a lover who thinks lies. Go: look your earnest neighbor in the eyes And read the answer there. Peace is not bought By distance from the fight. Peace must be fought And bled for: 'tis a dream whose horrid price Is haggled for by dread realities; Peace is not paid till dreamers are distraught. Would we not close our ears against these ills, Urging our hearts: "Be calm! America Is called soon to rebuild a world." — But ah! How shall we nobly build with neutral wills? Can we be calm while Belgian anguish thrills? Or would we crown with peace — Caligula? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BROKEN FIELD by SARA TEASDALE LOVE: AN ELEGY by MARK AKENSIDE SATIRE: 3 by AULUS PERSIUS FLACCUS VERSES, RESPECTFULLY & AFFECTIONALLY INSCRIBED TO PROFESSIONAL FRIEND by BERNARD BARTON LORD FINCHLEY by HILAIRE BELLOC PSALM 90 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE BRITANNIA'S PASTORALS: BOOK 1. THE FOURTH SONG by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) |