G.K. Chesterton Poems

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) was an English essayist, novelist, critic, and poet whose verse blends paradox, Christian wit, and a fierce love of ordinary life. From ballades and drinking songs to hymns and wartime poems, his lines remain startlingly alive on the page and in the ear.

Read a fuller life sketch on our About G.K. Chesterton page. This Poetry Catalog archive gathers 105 poems by Chesterton—comic, devout, and fiercely English—listed A–Z below with links to each full text on the site.

G.K. Chesterton Poems (A–Z)

• A Ballade Of An Anti-Puritan
• A Ballade Of Suicide
• A Certain Evening
• A Chord Of Colour
• A Christmas Carol
• A Dedication To E.C.B.
• A Fairy Tale
• A Man In His Image
• A Novelty
• A Portrait
• A Second Childhood
• A Song Of Swords
• A Wedding In War-Time
• Alone
• An Alliance
• Another Tattered Rhymster In The Ring
• Art Colours
• At Night
• Behind
• By The Babe Unborn
• Cyclopean
• E.C.B.
• Ecclesiastes
• Elegy In A Country Churchyard
• Envoy
• Eternities
• Fantasia
• Femina Contra Mundum
• For A War Memorial
• For Four Guilds: I. The Glass-Stainers
• For Four Guilds: II. The Bridge-Builders, By: G,K. Chesterton
• For Four Guilds: III. The Stone-Masons
• For Four Guilds: IV. The Bell-Ringers
• Gold Leaves
• Good News
• Joseph
• King's Cross Station
• Mediaevalism
• Memory
• Modern Elfland
• Nightmare
• Of The Dangers Attending Altruism On The High Seas
• On The Disastrous Spread Of Aestheticism In All Classes
• On The Downs
• Poland
• Songs Of Education: I. History
• Songs Of Education: II. Geography
• Songs Of Education: III. For The Creche
• Songs Of Education: IV. Citizenship
• Songs Of Education: V. The Higher Mathematics
• Songs Of Education: VI. Hygiene
• Sonnet
• Sonnet To A Stilton Cheese
• The Ancient Of Days
• The Ballad Of God-Makers
• The Ballad Of St. Barbara
• The Ballad Of The Battle Of Gibeon
• The Ballad Of The White Horse
• The Beatific Vision
• The Convert
• The Desecraters
• The Donkey
• The Earth's Shame
• The End Of Fear
• The English Graves
• The Escape
• The Fish
• The Happy Man
• The Holy Of Holies
• The Hope Of The Streets
• The Human Tree
• The Hunting Of The Dragon
• The Lamp Post
• The Last Masquerade
• The Mariner
• The Mirror Of Madmen
• The Mystery
• The Myth Of Arthur
• The Old Song
• The Oneness Of The Philosopher With Nature
• The Outlaw
• The Pessimist
• The Philanthropist
• The Praise Of Dust
• The Red Sea
• The Skeleton
• The Song Of Elf
• The Song Of The Children
• The Sword Of Surprise
• The Trinkets
• The Triumph Of Man
• The Two Women
• The Unpardonable Sin
• The Wild Knight
• The Wood-Cutter
• The World's Lover
• Thou Shalt Not Kill
• To A Certain Nation
• To Captain Fryatt
• To F. C. In Memoriam Palestine, '19
• To Hilaire Belloc
• To Them That Mourn
• Ultimate
• Vanity
• Vulgarised