The Donkey

G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
(English author & mystery novelist)

When fishes flew and forests walked
And figs grew upon thorn,
Some moment when the moon was blood
Then surely I was born;

With monstrous head and sickening cry
And ears like errant wings,
The devil's walking parody
On all four-footed things.

The tattered outlaw of the earth,
Of ancient crooked will;
Starve, scourge, deride me: I am dumb,
I keep my secret still.

Fools! For I also had my hour;
One far fierce hour and sweet:
There was a shout about my ears,
And palms before my feet.

Quotes by G.K. Chesterton :
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Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.
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I say that a man must be certain of his morality for the simple reason that he has to suffer for it.
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The people who are the most bigoted are the people who have no convictions at all.




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