The Donkey
G. K. Chesterton
1874 to 1936
Track 1
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On all four-footed things.
With monstrous head and sickening cry
And figs grew upon thorn,
Some moment when the moon was blood
Of ancient crooked will;
There was a shout about my ears,
One far fierce hour and sweet:
Starve, scourge, deride me: I am dumb,
And ears like errant wings,
Then surely I was born.
I keep my secret still.
And palms before my feet.
When fishes flew and forests walked
The tattered outlaw of the earth,
The devil's walking parody
Fools! For I also had my hour;
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