Chattering finch and water-fly
Are not merrier than I;
Here among the flowers I lie
Laughing everlastingly.
No: I may not tell the best;
Surely, friends, I might have guessed
Death was but the good King's jest,
It was hid so carefully.

(C) G. K. Chesterton
01/01/2000


Best Poems of G. K. Chesterton

• The Secret People
• Lepanto
• The Praise Of Dust
• A Man And His Image
• A Novelty
• Ecclesiastes
• Eternities
• To Them That Mourn
• The Beatific Vision
• Art Colours
• The Ballad Of The White Horse: 01 - Dedication
• Kings Cross Station
• A Ballade Of Suicide
• The Old Song
• The Wild Knight
• The End Of Fear
• The Ballad Of The Battle Of Gibeon
• A Little Litany
• The Great Minimum
• A Hymn
• A Ballade Of An Anti-puritan