Down By the Salley Gardens by William Butler Yeats

Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet; She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet, She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree; But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree.   In a field by the river my love and I did stand, And on my leaning shoulder she laid her…

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FOR PEACE by John O’Donohue

Cherry Blossoms

FOR PEACE As the fever of day calms towards twilight May all that is strained in us come to ease. We pray for all who suffered violence today May an unexpected serenity surprise them. For those who risk their lives each day for peace. May their hearts glimpse providence at the heart of history, That those who make riches from violence and war Might hear…

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