"What! shall Saxon bonds be sundered By the sordid lust of gain? Shall the realms of peace be ravaged By the Rulers of the Main For the greed of gold or glory? No,—forbid it, God the Lord! Young America—Old England— Hand-in-hand, not sword to sword!"
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"A Song of Peace" (1852) st. 1. Poems (London: Charlton Tucker, 1870) p. 58
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Charles Kent (English writer)
1823 – 1902
William Charles Mark Kent (1823–1902) was an English poet, biographer, and journalist. He wrote under the name Charles Kent.
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