O Peace! the fairest child of heaven,
To whom the sylvan reign was given,
The vale, the fountain, and the grove,
With every softer scene of love:
Return, sweet Peace! and cheer the weeping swain!
Return, with Ease and Pleasure in thy train.
More verses by James Thomson
- Songs In The Masque Of Alfred: To Alfred
- Prologue To Tancred And Sigismunda
- Psalm Civ. Paraphrased
- Stanzas Written By Thomson On The Blank Leaf Of A Copy Of His 'seasons' Sent By Him To Mr. Lyttleton, Soon After The Death Of His Wife
- Summer