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PEACE NOT PERMANENT

by Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick

Great cities seldom rest; if there be none
T' invade from far, they'll find worse foes at home.




Quotes of the Day

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
• Marcus Aurelius


Poems of the Day
  • Ella Wheeler Wilcox
    From the Grave
    by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
    When the first sere leaves of the year were falling, I heard, with a heart that was strangely thrilled, Out of the grave of a dead Past calling, A voice I fancied forever stilled.