Peace

The toil of day is done,
Its stress and stirring cease,
Falls soft a word, the gift of God.
'Peace.'

Opal of evening sky,
Gold of the fading west,
A single star shining afar.
Rest.

by Alfred Henry Hyatt

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by Gustav Holst (1874-1934) , "Peace", op. 16 no. 6, from Six Songs, no. 6.

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