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<h2> SO CALM THE WORLD </h2>
<p>Far up the sky the sunset glamour spreads,<br/>
Far off the city lies in golden mist;<br/>
The sea grows calm, the waves the sun has kissed<br/>
Strike white hands softly ‘gainst the rocky heads.<br/>
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So calm the world, so still the city lies,<br/>
So warm the haze that spreads o’er everything;<br/>
And yet where, there, Peace sits as Lord and King,<br/>
Havoc will reign when next the sun shall rise.<br/>
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The wheels pause only for a little space,<br/>
And in the pause they gather strength again.<br/>
‘Tis but the veil drawn over Labour’s face,<br/>
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O’er strife, derision, and the sin of men.<br/>
My heart with a sweet inner joy o’erflows<br/>
To nature’s peace, and a kind silence knows.<br/></p>
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