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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
British writers on peace and war
Robert Burns: I hate murder by flood or field
Robert Burns: Wars, the plagues of human life
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Robert Burns
From On the Seas and Far Away
Peace, thy olive wand extend,
And bid wild War his ravage end,
Man with brother Man to meet,
And as a brother kindly greet;
Then may heav’n with prosperous gales,
Fill my sailor’s welcome sails;
To my arms their charge convey,
My dear lad that’s far away.
On the seas and far away,
On stormy seas and far away;
To my arms their charge convey,
My dear lad that’s far away.
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