If heaven were to do again, <br />And on the pasture bars, <br />I leaned to line the figures in <br />Between the dotted starts, <br /> <br />I should be tempted to forget, <br />I fear, the Crown of Rule, <br />The Scales of Trade, the Cross of Faith, <br />As hardly worth renewal. <br /> <br />For these have governed in our lives, <br />And see how men have warred. <br />The Cross, the Crown, the Scales may all <br />As well have been the Sword.<br /><br />Robert Lee Frost<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/peaceful-shepard-the/
