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PEACE by EDWIN MARKHAM

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First Line: O BROTHER, LIFT A CRY, A LONG WORLD CRY
Last Line: TO END IT IN THE SACRED NAME OF MAN!
Subject(s): PEACE; SOCIAL PROTEST; WAR;
O brother, lift a cry, a long world-cry
Sounding from sky to sky—
The cry of one great word,
Peace, peace, the world-will clamoring to be heard—
A cry to break the ancient battle-ban,
To end it in the sacred name of Man!



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