Peace on Earth

Here Peace alighted once,
But could not find a home,
To Him who brought it, earth
Could give no room.

Him and His peace man would not have,
And in this Child of peace
Man saw no heavenly excellence,
No grace, no comeliness.

Peace in that cradle lay,
The Prince of Peace was there;
The fulness of His peace
He brought with man to share.

Horatius Bonar