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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
British writers on peace and war
Robert Browning: Selections on peace and war
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Robert Browning
From Aristophanes’ Apology
Peace, you advocate,
And war would fain abolish from the land…
‘Peace’ the theme?
‘Peace, in whom depths of wealth lie, – of the blest
Immortals beauteousest, -‘
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What imbecile has dared to formulate
“Love war, hate peace, become a litigant!” –
And so preach on, reversing rule of right
Because he quarrels, combats, goes to law?
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