i will be wise

So without shame I spake:--'I will be wise,
And just, and free, and mild, if in me it lies
Such power, for I grow weary to behold
The selfish and the strong still tyrannise
Without reproach or chack. 'I then controlled
My tears, my heart grew calm, and I was meek and bold.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

sweet and sweeter

O meet it is and passing sweet

To live in peace with others,

But sweeter it is and far more meet,

To die in war with brothers.

Wilfred Owen