STUDY WAR NO MORE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume I, Issue 42, 18 May 1853, Page 4

STUDY WAR NO MORE.

Come rein the wsr-horie, sheath the sabre, Quench tho nun-igniting brand, Let each undoubting grasp his neighbour Frank and freely by the band. Come wreath each brow with olive branches, Where helm and plume «ere hung before; R&zc the strong baaiiau, fill the trenchft, And study vengeful war no more. Bright peaceful stream* are flowing near us, Down the mouutaln, through the vale, With longs of melting lore to cheer ua, Wheie'er the clouds of grief prevail. LUt, a voice U In their waters. Where they kit* ca-h shelving shore, Whispering, " Nature's sons and dnughters, Study vengcfull war no more." All nature points to man his du'y— The flowers that u>ck old ocean's islet Have alt a million in their beauty, And each a lesion it) its smilesThen with pure and spotless garment. Clothe the vile heart that sinned of yore, Shun contention* bloody crreraentl, Study vengeful war no more. How noon the tpot breomes a mountain, In the rude soil of man's dark soul ; . One angry word pollutes the fountain And muddy streams o'er>run the whole, Oh when shall Peace, her branches waving,' Fan every botom's inmost core j Bid man, the strife of factions leaving, To study vengeful war no more? Then years of peace would twiftly follow, And every heart to love be changed, Then no more friendship false and hollow, And no more soul from soul estranged. Then Pence wou'd raise her milky banner O'er the fields once drenched in goto, And high in knowledge, mind, and manner, Frail man would study war no more. Then wonld rartii foreshadow heaven And every song be one of love s And alnfuil heurt* til) thrn unsbrWen, Wiuld learn to raise their thoughts nbnve ; Still growing sweet to swell the story Of great Rrdrmpiion's mystic lore, To sins; in halls of quenchless glery, Peace, p-nee, all peace for evermore, Gaelow-gato Gla«gow Wn. Lym