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The Mariner, By: G.K. Chesterton

February 13, 2023 by Editors

The Mariner, By: G.K. Chesterton

    The violet scent is sacred
    Like dreams of angels bright;
    The hawthorn smells of passion
    Told in a moonless night.

    But the smell is in my nostrils,
    Through blossoms red or gold,
    Of my own green flower unfading,
    A bitter smell and bold.

    The lily smells of pardon,
    The rose of mirth; but mine
    Smells shrewd of death and honour,
    And the doom of Adam’s line.

    The heavy scent of wine-shops
    Floats as I pass them by,
    But never a cup I quaff from,
    And never a house have I.

    Till dropped down forty fathoms,
    I lie eternally;
    And drink from God’s own goblet
    The green wine of the sea.

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