Ballads of Peace in War

Ballads of Peace in War is a collection of pacifistic songs that have been used throughout wars, collected by Michael Earls. Earls was a Jesuit priest, a writer, poet, teacher and an administrator. Excerpt: " Still goes the strife; the anguish does not die. Stronger the flesh is grown from earthy years, In siege about my soul that upward peers To see and hold its Good. The spirit's eye Approves the better things; but senses spy The passing sweets, spurning the present fears, And take their moment's prize. Ah, then hot tears Deluge my soul, and contrite moans my cry!"