Litany for Peace
No longer homes are flame against
A lurid sky; the ash is gray
Where men have warred.
But through the dark a jackal cries,
The wolves of hate and hunger stalk—
Have mercy, Lord!
Across wide seas the children's sobs
Sound faint and far. War-worn,
We sheathe the sword;
Lest we neglect a torch to light
Our brethren groping through the night,
Be with us, Lord!
No longer homes are flame against
A lurid sky; the ash is gray
Where men have warred.
But through the dark a jackal cries,
The wolves of hate and hunger stalk—
Have mercy, Lord!
Across wide seas the children's sobs
Sound faint and far. War-worn,
We sheathe the sword;
Lest we neglect a torch to light
Our brethren groping through the night,
Be with us, Lord!
A lurid sky; the ash is gray
Where men have warred.
But through the dark a jackal cries,
The wolves of hate and hunger stalk—
Have mercy, Lord!
Across wide seas the children's sobs
Sound faint and far. War-worn,
We sheathe the sword;
Lest we neglect a torch to light
Our brethren groping through the night,
Be with us, Lord!
No longer homes are flame against
A lurid sky; the ash is gray
Where men have warred.
But through the dark a jackal cries,
The wolves of hate and hunger stalk—
Have mercy, Lord!
Across wide seas the children's sobs
Sound faint and far. War-worn,
We sheathe the sword;
Lest we neglect a torch to light
Our brethren groping through the night,
Be with us, Lord!
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