STANZAS ON PEACE. No longer I follow a sound; I have sought thee in splendour and dress, An humble ambition and hope The voice of true Wisdom inspires; 'Tis sufficient, if Peace be the scope And the summit of all our desires. Peace may be the lot of the mind That seeks it in meekness and love: THE BRITISH ANTHOLOGY; OR, POETICAL LIBRARY. VOL. VIII. BURNS. LONDON: PUBLISHED BY JOHN SHARPE, DUKE STREET, PICCADILLY. 1825. |