Triveni Journal
1927 | 11,233,916 words
Triveni is a journal dedicated to ancient Indian culture, history, philosophy, art, spirituality, music and all sorts of literature. Triveni was founded at Madras in 1927 and since that time various authors have donated their creativity in the form of articles, covering many aspects of public life....
A PLEA TO PEACE (Sonnet)
‘O Peace! For ages now, have we not invoked
Your grace by chanting your name ceaselessly?
We are sorely tired; our voices are all choked.
Must you still evade us so mercilessly?
What will you accept as our humble libation?
In vain we’ve tried to offer you, at various stages,
Of Courage, Faith and Hope a sweet distillation.
Our Labour, too, has failed to win you as its wages.
Ah! you’re too precious to be won so cheaply!
For you, much more costly things we need to barter.
We’ll need to place, one by one, successively,
The rarest things on earth at your holy altar–
These being Love, Content, Selflessness,
Sacrifice, Compassion and Generousness.