George Meredith: All your gains from War resign

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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
British writers on peace and war
George Meredith: Selections on peace and war
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George Meredith
From Il y a cent ans
What figures will be shown the century hence?
What lands intact?  We do but know that Power
From piety divorced, though seen immense,
Shall sink on envy of the humblest flower.
Our cry for cradled Peace, while men are still
The three-parts brute which smothers the divine,
Heaven answers: Guard it with forethoughtful will,
Or buy it; all your gains from War resign.

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