War - Philosophy XIII

[BLUEHAWK]

"Ring out the slowly dying cause
and the ancient forms of party strife
Ring in the nobler modes of life
with sweeter manners, purer laws

Ring out the want, the care, the sin
the faithless coldness of the times
Ring out, ring out my mournful ryhmes
but ring the fuller minstrel in

Ring out false pride in place and blood
the civic slander and the spite
Ring in the love of truth and right
Ring in the common love of good

Ring out the old shapes of foul disease
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold
Ring out the thousand wars of old
Ring in the thousand years of peace

Ring in the valiant man and free
the larger heart, the kindlier hand
Ring out the darkness of the land
Ring in the Christ that is to be."

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)