...manger lies ; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffd her gaudy trim, With her great Master so to sympathize. No war, or battle's sound, Was heard the world around...shield were high up hung, The hooked chariot stood Unstain'd with hostile blood ; The trumpet spake not to the armed throng : And kings sat still with...

...meek-eyed Peace ; She, crowned with olive green, came softly sliding Down through the turning sphere, His ready harbinger, With turtle wing the amorous clouds...waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes a universal peace3 through sea and land. 1 Written in 1629, when Milton was only twenty-one years old. This poem,...

...meek-ey'd Peace ; She, crown'd with olive green, came softly eliding Down through the turning sphere, His d, Kendall and Lincoln Unstain'd with hostile blood ; The trumpet spake not to the armed throng ; And kings sat still with...

...meek-eyed Peace ; She, crown 'd with olives green, came softly sliding Down through the turning sphere His ready harbinger, With turtle wing the amorous clouds...She strikes a universal peace through sea and land. Nor war or battle's sound Was heard the world around : The idle spear and shield were high up hung,...

...rest. The tumult of the nations had died into repose. Chariot and horse, spear and sword, were idle. " No war or battle's sound Was heard the world around : The idle spear and shield were high up-hung ; The hooked chariot stood Unstained with hostile blood ; The trumpet spake not to the armed...

...light His reign of peace on earth began." In the beautiful language of the greatest of English poets, " No war, or battle's sound Was heard the world around ; The idle spear and shield were high uphung, The hooked chariot stood Unstained with hostile blood, The trumpet spake not to the armed throng,...

...meek-ey'd Peace ; She, crown'd with olive green, came softly sliding Down, through the turning sphere, His ready harbinger, With turtle wing, the amorous clouds...dividing ; And, waving wide her myrtle wand She strikes an universal peace, through sea & land. No war, or battle's sound, Was heard , the world around : The...

...of bloodshed and desolation, was waiting, with smiles, for the advent of her Redeemer. " No war, nor battle's sound, Was heard the world around : The idle...Unstained with hostile blood ; The trumpet spake not to the armed throng ; And kings sat still with awful eye, As if they surely knew their sovereign Lord...

...of bloodshed and desolation, was waiting, with smiles, for the advent of her Redeemer. " No war, nor battle's sound, Was heard the world around : The idle...Unstained with hostile blood ; The trumpet spake not to the armed throng ; And kings sat still with awful eye, As if they suiely knew their sovereign Lord...

...the turning sphere, His ready harbinger, With turtle wing the amorous clouds dividing ; And, waring in her eight ; And Love forsakes his heavenly fires,...Doth suck his sweet ; Now with his wings he plays Unstain'd with hostile blood; The trumpet spake not to the armed throng ; And kings sat still with...