<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=477389" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Dove of Peace</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Peace is more than <br>the absence of war, <br>enveloped in the ovum<br>of a tranquil repose.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Peace is more than<br>the phoenix rising<br>from the ruins<br>of Stalingrad and Berlin.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Peace is more than<br>the terrible silence<br>of the ashes of Hiroshima<br>and Auschwitz.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For, real peace rests<br>in all nations just, <br>in accord and friendship, <br>mutual respect and trust.<br> <br>Real peace means <br>the extended hand<br>of all faiths in amity<br>in every land, and<br>mothers breastfeeding<br>their babies in serenity.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Real peace means<br>the bliss of building<br>new habitats and cities, <br>where concrete shelters<br>are needless, <br>where shaky shields<br>are useless.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Real peace means<br>tranquil fields<br>where farmers sing, planting<br>rice, sowing seeds of soy<br>and wheat and rye in joy<br>in the pristine morning.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My soul<br>all the days <br>yearns for peace, <br>soaring upwards <br>in the rays<br>of the dawn sun, <br>longing for<br>Noah's rainbow.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now look! The rivers<br>placidly flow. <br>And above the mists<br>of first lights, graced<br>with diamond dews, <br>a blue dove flies<br>beyond the peak<br>with olive leaves<br>in her beak.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In a war-torn world<br>she carries on her wings<br>to every country and nation<br>the blessed harmonies<br>of concert and cooperation.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Dove of Peace: <br>She offers<br>to all the peoples<br>of the world<br>the goodwill of man, <br>the promise of halcyon days, <br>true concord, the rebirth<br>of the dream of unity<br>in today's <br>discordant Earth.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For, peace is more than <br>the absence of war.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But if our will prevails, <br>Isaiah's vision <br>will come true: <br>&quot;And they shall beat<br>their swords<br>into ploughshares, <br>and their spears<br>into pruning-knives; <br>nation shall not lift up<br>sword against nation, <br>neither shall they learn<br>war any more&quot;.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Paul+Hartal">Paul Hartal</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=477389" data-title="Dove of Peace de Paul Hartal" data-description="Peace is more than the absence of war, enveloped in the ovum of a tranquil repose. Peace is more than the phoenix rising from the ruins of Stalingrad and Berlin. Peace is more than the terrible silence of the ashes of Hiroshima and Auschwitz. ..."></div> </div> </div>

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