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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The patriotism of peace. (search)
anned away the smoke and flame; Hushed the red battle's roar—God called her peace. She sheathed the dripping sword; her soft hands pressed Grim foes apart, who scowled in anger deep. She laid two grand old standards down to rest, And on her breast rocked weary war to sleep. From land and sea she swept mad passion's glow, Yet left a laurel for the hero's fame; She whispered hope to hearts in grief bowed low, And taught our lips, in love, to shape her name. Peace spreads her pinions wide from South to North; Black enmity within the grave is laid, The church towers chime their holy anthems forth, To still the thunders of the cannonade. Peple—Munsey. Here is the first peace monument of the nation, where the flag of the Southern cross and the Star Spangled Banner are graven on the same rock to say: Peace rules the day, where reason rules the mind. Nearly two thousand years ago Julius Ceasar invaded the British islands and forced the Celtic race to yield to his Roman Eagles; after