When Ends the Reign of Thor? A Poem

When Ends the Reign of Thor?

When ends the reign of Thor, Deity of demon war? Not till the cup of Meribah be drained, E'en to the dregs of its last bitter drop, Will aught e'er stay The crimson flood whose hellish maelstrom-whirl Would fain sweep from the earth, the race away.

When ends the reign of Thor, Deity of demon war? When in the mind of man no longer lives The greed for gain, a lust for mundane pow'r, (The genius of strife) Xo more will belch the curse of cannon forth, Nor clash of sabers crossed be longer rife.

Then ends the reign of Thor, Deity of demon war! For aye, will be their swords to plowshares turned, And Peace, upon the dais of the world, Weld close and strong The bands of universal brotherhood, And Right prevail where long hath triumphed Wrong.

So will end the reign of Thor, Deity of demon war, Whom, as in days of yore, Nations bend knee before. Grace Ingles Frost