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Born in May 29, 1874 / Died in June 14, 1936 / United Kingdom / English

Poems by Gilbert Keith Chesterton

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Of The Dangers Attending Altruism On The High Seas.

...   They seized him and court-martialled him, ...

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Songs Of Education: VI. Hygiene

... "All practical Eugenists are agreed on the importance of sleep ...

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E.c.b.

...   Hanged with his babe's blood on his palms ...

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To Them That Mourn

... Where kings whose hands were kissed of kings ...

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To Belloc

... they come To goal at last, my wandering wits), ...

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For A War Memorial

... (Suggested Inscription probably not selected by the Committee ...

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The Philanthropist

...   Let daylight through their tents and through their lives, ...

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Nightmare

...   And their great shields were like the doors of death ...

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The Ballad Of The Battle Of Gibeon

... The war-spears were breaking, the war-horns were braying, ...

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The Wild Knight

... His face! REDFEATHER [_in a voice of thunder, pointing away from the house_] ...

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A Hymn

... The prince and priest and thrall, ...

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The Oneness Of The Philosopher With Nature

...   Come snow! where fly, by some strange law, ...

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King's Cross Station

...   And wait, till one, amid Time's wrecks and scars, ...

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A Ballad Of Suicide

... le cloud all pink and grey—Perhaps the rector's mother will not call— I fancy that I heard from Mr ...

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The World State

... And small suburban gardens— The villas and the chapels where ...