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.
G K Chesterton: was a writer, philosopher and poet, born in Kensington, London in 1874 and died in Beaconsfield, Buckinghashire in 1936. His best known novels include: The Napoleon of Notting Hill; The Man Who Was Thursday; Orthodoxy; The Father Brown stories; The Everlasting Man. Poems include: The Donkey and the Rolling English Road.
Farthingale Publications: ..... Is a hobby web site containing articles of local interest to Lancastrians, some favourite walking and cycling routes,
selected words and poetry, and some writings of more general nature as well as the authors own picture gallery. Access is available via the homepage and menu at the head of the page
or via one of the direct links below.