James Henry Leigh Hunt

Here you will find the Poem The Olive Of Peace of poet James Henry Leigh Hunt

The Olive Of Peace

Now sheath'd is the Sword that was wild as the blast: 
The Tempest of Slaughter and Terror is past; 
Old ALBION her Neighbour all smilingly hails?
For the OLIVE of PEACE blooms again in our Vales!
Beam on the day,
Thou Olive gay:
'Matchless is he
Who planted thee;
And mayst thou like him immortal be!'

Divinest of Olives, O, never was seen
A bloom so enchanting, a verdure so green!
Sweet, sweet do thy Beauties entwiningly smile
In the Vine-tree of France and the Oak of our Isle!
Beam on the day,
Thou Olive gay, &c.

Long, long did thy envied Exotic delay, 
'Till the voice of HUMANITY charm'd thee away; 
And here, ever here mayst thou bloom in repose, 
As firm as our Oak-tree, and gay as the Rose! 
Bloom on the day, 
Thou Olive gay, &c.

Let ALCIDES his Poplar of Majesty prize, 
And VENUS her Myrtle exalt to the skies: 
FRANCE and ALBION excell all the Gods of old Greece?
For they crown their wise heads with the OLIVE of PEACE! 
Bloom on the day, 
Thou Olive gay, &c.

The delicate Lily may gracefully mount,
And the Pink all her charms with the Rainbow recount;
Green, green is the Olive on ALBION'S brow,
And the Lily and Pink to the Olive must bow!
Bloom on the day,
Thou Olive gay, &c.

Thou Olive divine, may Eternity's Sun 
Beam warm where thy roots thro' the ages shall run; 
The Dew of Affection 'light soft where they twine, 
And the Love of an Universe stamp thee divine! 
Bloom on the day, 
Thou Olive gay: 
'Matchless was he 
Who planted thee;
And mayst thou like him immortal be!'