Impetuous, implacable, whilst Mars,

That savage god of sanguinary wars,

Awaits the award of Arbiters of Peace!

Strange contrast!

"Cease, great hammer-wielder, cease!"

Says the Sword-bearer. "Cease this frenzied fray.

Try Arbitration—'tis the gentler way,

And wiser. I have tried it—shall not you?

Call back your Cyclops, let not them imbrue

Swart hands in Battle's sanguinary hue.