Poems of Peace starts off with the lyrical-dramatic poem, Eolaus , and ends with a collection of 37 miscellaneous poems on various themes, such as Wisdom, Truth, Love, Freedom, and Peace. Many of these poems were written by James Allen during his early years as an author. They were formally published together as his 7th book in 1907.Below is poem #28, Knowledge . It was one of his most popular from the collection, and has been reprinted in various KNOWLEDGEWe find the Good by being good, the TrueBy being true, the Real by dissolvingOur fond illusions, thereby piercing throughShadow, and knowing substance. By resolving,We can attain, and by attaining, know;And, knowing, who shall cause us grief or harm?What trembling victim of the world's vain showShall pierce the armoured heart, or foil the armOf him whose Shield is Wisdom? What event,What circumstance, what mutabilityCan shake the Changeless? And whoso hath blentHis life with Changeless Good, stands steadfastlyIn Knowledge, fearing nothing, hating naught;His heart and mind Love-fashioned, Wisdom-wrought.Below is an excerpt from poem #4 :LIBERTY and "Mind is the Master-power that moulds and makes.And Man is Mind and evermore he takesThe Tool of Thought, and, shaping what he wills,Brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass;Environment is but his looking-glass. and "