Blessed Are The Peacemakers

[verse] Of old with a divided heart I saw my people's pride expand, Since a man's soul is torn apart By mother earth and fatherland. I knew, through many a tangled tale, Glory and truth not one but two: King, Constable, and Amirail Took me like trumpets: but I knew [chorus] Blessed are the Peacemakers Blessed are the Peacemakers [verse] A blacker thing than blood's own dye Weighed down great Hawkins on the sea; And Nelson turned his blindest eye On Naples and on liberty. Therefore to you my thanks, O throne, O thousandfold and frozen folk, For whose cold frenzies all your own The Battle of the Rivers broke; [chorus] Blessed are the Peacemakers Blessed are the Peacemakers [bridge] Who have no faith a man could mourn. Nor freedom any man desires; But in a new clean light of scorn Close up my quarrel with my sires; [chorus] Blessed are the Peacemakers Blessed are the Peacemakers Blessed are the Peacemakers Blessed are the Peacemakers Who bring my English heart to me, Who mend me like a broken toy; Till I can see you fight and flee, And laugh as if I were a boy.