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« Patriotism · Pedestrian »
- Peace
- n. In international affairs, a period of cheating between two
periods of fighting.
O, what’s the loud uproar assailing
Mine ears without cease?
’Tis the voice of the hopeful, all-hailing
The horrors of peace.Ah, Peace Universal; they woo it —
Would marry it, too.
If only they knew how to do it
’Twere easy to do.They’re working by night and by day
Ro Amil
On their problem, like moles.
Have mercy, O Heaven, I pray,
On their meddlesome souls!