Poems (Angier)/Song of Peace

by Annie Lanman Angier

SONG OF PEACE.

"Good will and peace!" what song so sweet?
For angel tongues, what theme so meet?
Let mortals join to swell the strain,
And echo back the glad refrain.

"Good will and peace!" both sage and seer,
In vision saw it drawing near;
The day when in each human breast
Peace, white-winged dove, shall build a nest.

"Good will and peace!" Heaven speed the hour
When all shall own Love's conquering power,
When every voice, in every clime,
With joy shall hail the promised time.

"Good will and peace!" what song so sweet?
For angel tongues, what theme so meet?
Let mortals join to swell the strain,
And echo back the glad refrain.