New-York Daily Tribune
“Oliver Cromwell” · December 19, 1845 · p. 1“To a poor slumberous canting age, mumbling to itself every where, Peace, peace, when there is no peace”
Fuller, Margaret. Life Without and Life Within; or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and Poems. Edited by Arthur B. Fuller. Boston: Brown, Taggard and Chase, 1860.
Inferred The phrase "Peace, peace, when there is no peace" is a direct quotation from Jeremiah 6:14 and 8:11 (KJV): "They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace." This biblical passage is first quoted by Thomas Carlyle (line 7215) and subsequently used by Fuller (line 7300), indicating both authors’ engagement with the Jeremiah text.