Saturday, January 31, 2026

Men speak of love and live in hate! Southern hymn

Men speak of love and live in hate!

 Men talk of faith and trust to fate!

Oh, might men do the things they teach 

Oh, might men live the life they preach

Then the throne of avarice would fall and the clangor

Of grim selfishness o'er the earth would cease;

Love would tread out the baleful fire of anger,

And in its ashes plant the lily of peace. 'Pass on.'"

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