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A Novelty, By: G.K. Chesterton

November 9, 2022 by Editors

A Novelty, By: G.K. Chesterton

Why should I care for the Ages
Because they are old and grey?
To me, like sudden laughter,
The stars are fresh and gay;
The world is a daring fancy,
And finished yesterday.

Why should I bow to the Ages
Because they were drear and dry?
Slow trees and ripening meadows
For me go roaring by,
A living charge, a struggle
To escalade the sky.

The eternal suns and systems,
Solid and silent all,
To me are stars of an instant,|
Only the fires that fall
From God’s good rocket, rising
On this night of carnival.

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