The Escape (Gilbert Keith Chesterton Poems)
We watched you building, stone by stone, The well-washed cells and well-washed graves We shall inhabit but not own When Britons ever shall ...
We watched you building, stone by stone, The well-washed cells and well-washed graves We shall inhabit but not own When Britons ever shall ...
How I dread the thoughtOf you leaving--Like the bearing of fruit before blooming,Like the sprouting of seed before sowing,Like summer ...
Misael, civil servant in the Ministry of Labor, 63 years old, met new Maria Elvira: prostitute, syphilitic, with ulcerated fingers, ...
Let's drink to our next meeting, lads,Nor think on what's atwixt;They're fools wha spoil the present hourBy thinking on the ...
Don't Shame my word that tears itself to youas you tell us not to shame a poor man's handdon't humble ...
I.WHAT shalt THOU know of Spring? A verdant crown Of young boughs waving o'er thy blooming head: White tufted Guelder-roses, ...
Madge Linsey at the well raised the deep waters, Brimmed her brass bucket full, went from her place. Loose hung ...
ITHE white snow veils the earth's brown face, Strong frost has bound the veil in place-- Under the wide, clear, ...
The clock in the steeple struck fourteenThe day that the wedding was fixedThe couple had gone on their honeymoon firstSo ...
YANKEE packet's down the water --Blow, my bully boys, blow;Third mate loved the skipper's daughter -- Blow, my bully boys, ...
Easter Monday in the city - Rattle, rattle, rumble, rush;Tom and Jerry, ...
Aha! Beware! I know your guilty past! I was a witness of that secret crime.One word! and all your fondest ...
You ask me about this medal,The story to you may sound queer, I'll tell you the tale if you like, ...
A young man is afraid of his demon and puts his handover the demon's mouth sometimes…— D. H. LawrenceI mentioned ...
The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay: "Our World is full of wickedness, My Children maim ...
My father's head has become a mystery to him. We finally have something in common. When he moves his head ...
With two white roses on her breasts, White candles at head and feet, Dark Madonna of the grave she rests; ...
A young man is afraid of his demon and puts his hand over the demon's mouth sometimes...-- D. H. Lawrence ...
I pawned my sick wife's wedding ring, To drink and make myself a beast. I got the most that it ...
Pro Bono Publico Went out the streets to scan, And marching to and fro He met a seedy man, Who ...
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