History & Politics
The Price of Peace
From The Poems of Henry van Dyke (1925)
History & Politics
Peace without Justice is a low estate,--
A coward cringing to an iron Fate!
But Peace through Justice is the great ideal,--
We'll pay the price of war to make it real.
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Codex Note
From "The Red Flower and Golden Stars". Dated December 28, 1916 in the source.
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Dyke, Henry van. “The Price of Peace.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/vandyke/143/.
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Dyke, Henry van. “The Price of Peace.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/vandyke/143/.
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