The Smiles of Peace.
The Smiles of Peace, the Smiles of Peace,
By Foreign need from England wrung,
Have bid the cannon’s war-shout cease,
The Thanks be said, the Anthem sung:
But there is that (besides our Debt)
Which English hearts should not forget.
It was not, surely, to amuse
The gossip’s hour of Club dispute,
We sat down daily to peruse