<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="" class="head">Peace</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">THERE is no peace, no peace," the big guns</p><p class="line">shout</p><p class="line">To drown the little voice that ev'ry hour.</p><p class="line">Persistent as the muezzin from his tower.</p><p class="line">Proclaims that all is well.—Yet who shall doubt</p><p class="line">The deep-sea thunder in dim moonlit caves.</p><p class="line">The green hills singing to the morning sun.</p><p class="line">The wild flowers flaunting till the day is done.</p><p class="line">Or plaintive sea-gull cries o'er twilit waves?—</p><p class="line">"No peace," they growl! The little voice pleads</p><p class="line">on:</p><p class="line">A lark high singing o'er the barrage blast,</p><p class="line">A moonbeam on the lake's dark bosom cast,</p><p class="line">A whisper from a thousand mouths anon,</p><p class="line">"Lo! beauty, beauty may not, cannot cease.</p><p class="line">And beauty's thrice-starred crown is peace, is</p><p class="line">peace."</p></div></body></html> · Great War