No dream was o'er s6 realistic Idreamed the nations of the earth Had ceased to bu antagonistic, Around them, sweet as dentifrice, The breath of Universal Peace.
With olive-branches near and far
Considering there lived a Czar, The vision was a huge surprser, 'A Tsungli Yamen, and a Kaiser, But everywhere, including Greece, There riled an Universal Peace.
I marked that awe-inspiring forts Once menxcing and melancholy Were now arranged as tennis-courts Devoted to the milder volley No further need of fortalice, For this was a dismantle Peace, I saw a thousand million rounds Of highly lethal war-munitions Used up for fireworks in the grounds Of unimportant Exhibitions Cuirasses guarded the police *Gainst Hooligans throughout the Peace.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.