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Peace / Non-violence - Theme
Peace is the absence of war, or the agreement to end hostilities. Read more about peace literature.
Love Among the Ruins
Read "Love Among the Ruins," by Robert Browning: "Held his court in, gathered councils, wielding far Peace or war."
Myself and Mine
Read "Myself and Mine," by Walt Whitman: "Let others praise eminent men and hold up peace, I hold up agitation."
Out of the Rolling Ocean the Crowd
Read "Out of the Rolling Ocean the Crowd," by Walt Whitman: "Return in peace to the ocean my love."
Past Days
Read "Past Days," by Anne Brontë: "When night, the holy time of peace."
Sir Agrivan's Treason - Bulfinch Mythology
Sir Launcelot, "I am full loath to ride out with my knights for shedding of Christian blood; so we will yet awhile keep our walls, and I will send a messenger unto my lord Arthur, to propose a treaty; for better is peace than always war."
The Return
Read "The Return," by Rudyard Kipling: "Peace is declared, and I return..."