O PEACE! and dost thou with thy presence bless <br />The dwellings of this war-surrounded Isle; <br />Soothing with placid brow our late distress, <br />Making the triple kingdom brightly smile? <br />Joyful I hail thy presence; and I hail <br />The sweet companions that await on thee; <br />Complete my joy let not my first wish fail, <br />Let the sweet mountain nymph thy favourite be, <br />With England's happiness proclaim Europa's Liberty. <br />O Europe! let not sceptred tyrants see <br />That thou must shelter in thy former state; <br />Keep thy chains burst, and boldly say thou art free; <br />Give thy kings law leave not uncurbed the great ; <br />So with the horrors past thou'lt win thy happier fate!<br /><br />John Keats<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sonnet-on-peace/
