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I stood unseen within a sumptous room	A
Where one clothed all in white sat silently	B
So sweet his presence that a pure soft light	C
Rayed from him and I saw most wondrous sight	C
The Love of God shrined in the flesh once more	D
And glowing softly like a misted sun	E
His back was towards me Had I seen his face	F
Methought I must have fallen I was wrong	G
The door flung wide With hasty step	H
Came one in royal robes and all the pride	I
And pomp of majesty and on his head	J
A helmet with an eagle poised for flight	C
He stood amazed at sight of him in white	C
His lips apart in haughty questioning	K
But no words came Breathless he raised his hand	L
And gave salute as to a mightier lord	M
And doffed his helm and stood And in his eyes I saw	N
The reflex glory of his Master's face	F
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The Master spoke His voice so soft and sweet	O
Thrilled my heart's core and shook me where I stood	P
Time runs apace The New Time is at hand	L
Shall it be Peace or War It rests with THEE	B
In dumb amaze the other shook his head	J
Thy brother of the North has cast his lot	Q
For peace Alone he cannot compass it	R
Shall it be Peace or War It rests with THEE	B
Again the other shook his head amazed	S
But never swerved a hair's breadth in his gaze	T
Shall it be Peace or War Join hands with him	U
Thy Northern brother with the Western Isles	V
And with their brethren of the Further West	W
And Peace shall reign to Earth's remotest bound	X
And still the other shook his head amazed	S
Shall it be Peace or War Millions of lives	Y
Are in thy hand women and men and those	Z
My little ones Their souls are mine Their lives	Y
Are in thy hand Of thee I shall require them	A2
Shall it be Peace or War	D
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I am but one	E
The other answered with reluctant tongue	B2
Thou art THE one and so I come to thee	B
For Peace or War the scales are in thy hand	L
As thou decidest now so shall it be	B
But as thou sayest now so be it	R
With thee then	C2
Shall it be Peace or War Nay look	D2
And at the word where stood the wall a space	F
And at their feet like mighty map unrolled	R
The kingdoms of the earth and every kingdom	E2
Groaned with the burden of its armour plate	R
And the weight grew till man was crushed beneath	F2
And lost his manhood and became a cog	G2
To roll along the great machine of war	D
And as he watched the War Lord's eyes flamed fire	H2
His nostrils panted like a mettled steed's	I2
This was the game of games he knew and loved	R
And every fibre of his soul was knit	R
To see what passed	R
Then in a sun white land	R
Where a great sea poured out through narrow gates	J2
To meet a greater came the clang of arms	K2
And drew the nations like a tocsin peal	L2
Till all the sun white sands ran red and earth	M2
Sweat blood and writhed in fiery ashes and	R
Grew sick with all the reek and stench of war	D
And heaven drew back behind the battle clouds	N2
And ever through the clamour of the strife	O2
I heard the ceaseless wailing of a child	R
And the sobbing sobbing sobbing endless	P2
Sobbing of a reft and broken woman	E
And the hoarse whisper of the War Lord's voice	Q2
Britain fights once again for Barbary	B
Lest others occupy to her undoing	K
And Italy and Greece and Turkey join	R2
To beat back France and Spain	S2
Again I saw	N
Where legions marched and wound 'mid snowy peaks	T2
And came upon a smiling vine clad land	R
And filled it with the reek and stench of war	D
The hoarse voice spoke	U2
The provinces she stole	V2
And lost Austria takes back	W2
Again I saw	N
Where white capped hosts crept swiftly to the straits	J2
Twixt old and new and drenched the land with blood	R
And filled it with the reek and stench of war	D
The War Lord spoke	U2
Despite his love of peace	X2
Our brother of the North has seized his chance	Y2
And got his heart's desire	H2
Again I saw	N
Where legions poured through the eternal snows	Z
And legions swept o'er every sea to meet	R
Their long expected onslaught and the dead	R
Were piled in mountains and the snows ran red	R
The War Lord spoke	U2
Up Britain up Strike home	Z2
Or drop your rod of Empire in the dust	R
One of you dies this day	R
Again I saw	N
Beneath us legions swarming to the West	R
Devouring kingdoms till they reached the sea	B
And filling all the lands with blood and fire	H2
The War Lord gazed with eyes that blazed and flamed	R
And panted like a soul in torment Mine	A3
All these are mine	A3
Thine sayest thou Thine now	B3
When thou shalt stand before me then	C2
I shall require them of thee	B
Thus the voice	Q2
Of Him who sat and gazed with sorrowing face	F
While all the earth beneath us reeked of war	D
And heaven grew dim behind the battle clouds	N2
And ever through the clamour of the strife	O2
I heard the ceaseless wailing of a child	R
And the sobbing sobbing sobbing endless	P2
Sobbing of a reft and broken woman	E
Shall it be Peace or War	D
A two edged sword	R
Could cut no sharper than the gentle voice	Q2
Of Him who bowed with sorrow at the sight	R
Of man destroying man for sake of gain	S2
I waited breathless for the warrior's word	R
But no word came His heart was with his men	C2
Shall it be Peace or War Look yet again	C2
And at their feet like mighty map unrolled	R
Lay all the kingdoms of the earth at peace	X2
The glad earth smiled beneath a smiling heaven	E
And brought forth fruit for all her children's needs	I2
The desert lands had blossomed and the earth	M2
Was large enough for all Her voice came up	C3
A softly rounded murmur of content	R
Like bees that labour gladly on the comb	Z2
The reign of Peace and yet an army lay	R
Couchant and watchful ready for the strife	O2
If strife need be the strife of quelling strife	O2
An army culled in part from all the lands	D3
Owning no master but the public weal	R
And prompt to quench the first red spark of war	D
Even as we watched a frontier turmoil rose	Z
And therewith rose the army and the fire	H2
Died out while scarce begun The smoke of it	R
Was scarcely seen the noise scarce heard for all	R
The lands sore spent with war had welcomed Peace	X2
And bowed to mightier forces than their own	E3
Men cast aside their armour and their arms	K2
And lived men's lives and were no more machines	F3
Wars shall there be indeed till that last war	D
That shall wage war on War and sweep the earth	M2
Of all war wagers and of all mankind	R
So spake the voice and ceased And still we gazed	R
A great white building on its topmost tower	H2
A great white flag proclaimed a World's Tribunal	R
For the righting of the nations' wrongs	G3
And that great army answered its behests	G3
And owned allegiance to no other head	R
Peace reigned triumphant On the quiet air	H3
I heard the merry laughter of the child	R
And the great sigh of gratitude that rose	G3
From all the mother hearts of all the world	R
Shall it be Peace or War	D
Once more the voice	G3
To one man is it given to decide	R
THOU ART THE MAN The scales are in THY hand	R
Think well and say Shall it be Peace or War	D
As thou shalt say so shall it be with thee	B
But ere the answer came all vanished like	I3
A scrap of paper in a fire of coals	G3
Then with a crackling peal the thick black vail	R
That hangs before the face of men was rent	R
And in the instant lightning flash I saw	G3
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A chamber hung with black and heaped with flowers	G3
Where candles tall flashed white on watchers' swords	G3
High on a high raised bier lay one at rest	R
Crosses and orders on his quiet breast	R
Head proudly cushioned on his country's flag	J3
Hands calmly folded on his helmet's crest	R
His back to earth his mute face turned to heaven	E
Answering the summons of his Over Lord	R
I strained my eyes upon his face to learn	K3
Thereon his answer But the dark vail dropped	R
And left me wondering what his word had been	L3
Had I but read his face I should have known	E3
Who lay there Man like other men Or one	E
Who grasped the greater things and by his will	R
Brought Peace on Earth and drew Earth nearer Heaven	E
The bells beat softly on the midnight air	H3
Proclaiming the New Time Shall it be Peace	G3
A voice within me cried and would not cease	G3
One man could do it if he would but dare	H3

William Arthur Dunkerley (john Oxenham)

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