Peace Advancing As A Bride

Were we but made to war and play

And in the painful hours weep,

To drift our lonely nights away

Upon the weary wings of sleep?

Or is there more we cannot see

But feel behind earth's heavy veil

The promise of a world to be

Beyond this body's brief-lived jail.

See the blossoms in their eyes,

These sun-bright children lately come

From the shores of Paradise,

The deathless soul's eternal home,

To walk with us on earth awhile

To help us find ourselves through love.

Bask in the sunlight of their smile

And feel the bliss within us move

And peace advancing as a bride

On feet of sunbeams lightly pacing,

A joy that can no longer hide

A heaven-sweetness all-embracing.