Christopher Smart

“ O come unto the Church repair,
⁠And her defects review;
15 Of old thou plantedst olives there, [6]
⁠Which to redundance grew. [7]
Sustain the pillars of the state,
⁠Be health and wealth conjoin'd ”

“ Salem traditionally identified as Jerusalem, and means "peace".↑ 9-10. Thou didst Augustus first inspire / That bloody war should cease... The rule of Augustus initiated an era of relative peace known as the Pax Romana, or Roman peace. Despite continuous frontier wars, and one year-long civil war over the imperial succession, the Mediterranean world remained at peace for more than two centuries. ”