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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
American writers on peace and against war
Women writers on peace and war
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Kate Brownlee Sherwood
Peace
O beautiful one, my Country,
Thou fairest daughter of Time.
To-day are thine eyes unclouded
In the light of a faith sublime!
No thunder of battle appals thee;
From thy woe thou has found release;
From the graves of thy sons steals only
This one soft whisper, – “Peace!”
Gettysburg 1863-1889
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