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Text:Gentle Peace
Author:Unknown
Tune:RATHBUN
Composer:Ithamar Conkey

815. Gentle Peace

1. Gentle Peace, from heav'n descended,
We would live beneath thy law;
Thou hast home and life befriended
Born of nobler deeds than war.

2. Thou hast thrown a smile of beauty
O'er the meadow, hill, and grove;
Thou hast quickened us to duty,
Thou hast warmed our hearts to love.

3. Stay thou with us, still replenish
Fields with fruit, ourselves with love;
Discord and dissension banish,
Peaceful spirits from above.

Text Information
First Line: Gentle Peace, from heav'n descended
Title: Gentle Peace
Author: Unknown
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: Special Occasions: Peace of Nation
Tune Information
Name: RATHBUN
Composer: Ithamar Conkey
Meter: 8s & 7s.
Key: C Major



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