A Dream of the Future.

A Dream of the Future.

When the unholy revelry of War
Has ceased to desolate the world, and when
Peace sheds her blessings broadcast upon men;
When foolish Prejudice has ceased to bar
The path of Progress, and the crushing car 5
Of Ignorance no longer presses down
The intellect; in country and in town
The people will be happy: then ajar
Will stand the gates of Heaven; the earth will teem
With foison[1] of all good; body and mind 10
Both will be nurtured, and all humankind
Be deemed one family; the finest dream
That e’er illuminated any poet’s brain
Be more than realised—Eden come again!

George Markham Tweddell
p. 36 [in Miscellaneous Sonnets]
Hull Weekly Express, Aug. 16/84. Eastern Morning News, Hull
Advertiser, Aug., 18/84. Cleveland News, Dec. 20/84.
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