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  • I. THREE DEDICATIONS
  • TO HILAIRE BELLOC
  • TO M. E. W.
  • II. WAR POEMS
  • LEPANTO
  • THE MARCH OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN 1913
  • BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS
  • THE CRUSADER RETURNS FROM CAPTIVITY
  • III. LOVE POEMS
  • GLENCOE
  • LOVE'S TRAPPIST
  • CONFESSIONAL
  • MUSIC
  • THE DELUGE
  • THE STRANGE MUSIC
  • THE GREAT MINIMUM
  • THE MORTAL ANSWERS
  • A MARRIAGE SONG
  • BAY COMBE
  • IV. RELIGIOUS POEMS
  • THE WISE MEN
  • THE HOUSE OF CHRISTMAS
  • A SONG OF GIFTS TO GOD
  • THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
  • A HYMN FOR THE CHURCH MILITANT
  • THE BEATIFIC VISION
  • THE TRUCE OF CHRISTMAS
  • A HYMN
  • A CHRISTMAS SONG FOR THREE GUILDS
  • THE NATIVITY
  • A CHILD OF THE SNOWS
  • A WORD
  • V. RHYMES FOR THE TIMES
  • THE REVOLUTIONIST: OR LINES TO A STATESMAN
  • THE SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL
  • THE HORRIBLE HISTORY OF JONES
  • THE NEW FREETHINKER
  • IN MEMORIAM P.D.
  • SONNET WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON
  • A SONG OF SWORDS
  • A SONG OF DEFEAT
  • SONNET
  • AFRICA
  • THE DEAD HERO
  • AN ELECTION ECHO 1906
  • THE SONG OF THE WHEELS
  • THE SECRET PEOPLE
  • VI. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS
  • BALLAD OF THE SUN
  • TRANSLATION FROM DU BELLAY
  • THE HIGHER UNITY
  • THE EARTH'S VIGIL
  • ON RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION
  • WHEN I CAME BACK TO FLEET STREET
  • A CIDER SONG
  • THE LAST HERO
  • VII. BALLADES
  • A BALLADE OF AN ANTI-PURITAN
  • A BALLADE OF A BOOK-REVIEWER
  • A BALLADE OF SUICIDE
  • A BALLADE OF THE FIRST RAIN

  • Produced by Marc D'Hooghe

     

          POEMS

     

          by

     

          G.K. CHESTERTON

     

          NEW YORK

     

          1916

     

                BY THE SAME AUTHOR

     

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          Orthodoxy.

     

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          The Ball and the Cross.

     

          The Ballad of the White Horse.

     

          The Innocence of Father Brown. Illustrated.

     

          The Wisdom of Father Brown.

     

          Manalive.

     

          The Flying Inn.

     

          JOHN LANE COMPANY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

     

               

     

          CONTENTS

     

         THREE DEDICATIONS

     

         

     

          TO EDMUND CLERIHEW BENTLEY

     

    TO HILAIRE BELLOC

     

    TO M. E. W.

     

         

     

          WAR POEMS

     

         

     

          LEPANTO

     

    THE MARCH OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN 1913

     

    BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS

     

    THE WIFE OF FLANDERS

     

    THE CRUSADER RETURNS FROM CAPTIVITY

     

         

     

          LOVE POEMS

     

         

     

          GLENCOE

     

    LOVE'S TRAPPIST

     

    CONFESSIONAL

     

    MUSIC

     

    THE DELUGE

     

    THE STRANGE MUSIC

     

    THE GREAT MINIMUM

     

    THE MORTAL ANSWERS

     

    A MARRIAGE SONG

     

    BAY COMBE

     

         

     

          RELIGIOUS POEMS

     

         

     

          THE WISE MEN

     

    THE HOUSE OF CHRISTMAS

     

    A SONG OF GIFTS TO GOD

     

    THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN

     

    A HYMN FOR THE CHURCH MILITANT

     

    THE BEATIFIC VISION

     

    THE TRUCE OF CHRISTMAS

     

    A HYMN

     

    A CHRISTMAS SONG FOR THREE GUILDS

     

    THE NATIVITY

     

    A CHILD OF THE SNOWS

     

    A WORD

     

         

     

          RHYMES FOR THE TIMES

     

         

     

          ANTICHRIST, OR THE REUNION OF CHRISTENDOM: AN ODE

     

    THE REVOLUTIONIST, OR LINES TO A STATESMAN

     

    THE SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL

     

    THE HORRIBLE HISTORY OF JONES

     

    THE NEW FREETHINKER

     

    IN MEMORIAM P.D.

     

    SONNET WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON

     

    A SONG OF SWORDS

     

    A SONG OF DEFEAT

     

    SONNET

     

    AFRICA

     

    THE DEAD HERO

     

    AN ELECTION ECHO

     

    THE SONG OF THE WHEELS

     

    THE SECRET PEOPLE

     

         

     

          MISCELLANEOUS POEMS

     

         

     

          LOST

     

    BALLAD OF THE SUN

     

    TRANSLATION FROM DU BELLAY

     

    THE HIGHER UNITY

     

    THE EARTH'S VIGIL

     

    ON RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION

     

    WHEN I CAME BACK TO FLEET STREET

     

    A CIDER SONG

     

    THE LAST HERO

     

         

     

          BALLADES

     

         

     

          BALLADE D'UNE GRANDE DAME

     

    A BALLADE OF AN ANTI-PURITAN

     

    A BALLADE OF A BOOK-REVIEWER

     

    A BALLADE OF SUICIDE

     

    A BALLADE OF THE FIRST RAIN