“IN TERRA PAX.”
BY G. LEVESON GOWER.
War in men’s mouths, peace through the spring-clad land;
Hate in men’s hearts, and love in God’s high heaven;
Yet in the mass already works the leaven,
And in the nations some cry, “Hold your hand,
Ye Peoples! Turn not Earth into a hell!”
Already breaks the light when some can see
The change to come, the order new to be,
And, seeing evil, will not say, “’Tis well!”
O! for some high tribunal of the world
Where arms are stilled and equal law bears sway,
The strong aggressor from his vantage hurled,
The wronged upheld in the full light of day!
Then shall the Earth at rest yield glad increase,
And through all seas and every land be Peace!
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
- Silently corrected obvious typographical errors and variations in spelling.
- Retained archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed.