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The red ray dies in the opal stone, The god hath spoken, Arrow and bow and spear be broken, Red of war is the fiery token, And lo! in the zone, It pales, and fades, and faints, and dies, As sunsets wane in the eastern skies.
The blue ray glows in the opal's heart, The god is smiling, Victims no more need we be piling, On altar stone for his dread beguiling; The blue rays dart To tell us war must surely cease, So in the land let there be peace.