1. Home »
  2. English Poets »
  3. Laurence Binyon

From Goethe

by Robert Laurence Binyon

Laurence Binyon

Peace is perfect over
All the hills.
Scarce wilt thou discover
A breath, so still's
Every tree.
The woods are silent; birds have hushed their song.
Wait but thou; ere long
Peace comes to thee.




Quotes of the Day

As soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the poets back. Rhyme is still the most effective drum

• Jean Giraudoux



Poems of the Day
  • John Ciardi
    In Pity as We Kiss and Lie
    by John Ciardi
    Softly wrong, we lie and kiss, heart to heart and thigh to thigh. Like man and woman. As if this were how and who and when and why. Some two in the time of man and woman found it sweet to trade what ...