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The line breaks and the guns go under, / The lords and the lackeys ride the plain; / I draw deep breaths of the dawn and thunder, / And the whole of my heart grows young again.
For our Chiefs said "Done," and I did not deem it; / Our Seers said "Peace," and it was not peace; / Earth will grow worse till men redeem it, / And wars more evil, ere all wars cease.