NOVEMBER 10th
Old happiness is grey as we
And we may still outstrip her;
If we be slippered pantaloons
O let us hunt the slipper!
The old world glows with colours clear,
And if, as saith the saint,
The world is but a painted show,
O let us lick the paint! Far, far behind are morbid hours
And lonely hearts that bleed;
Far, far behind us are the days
When we were old indeed.
Behold the simple sum of things
Where, in one splendour spun,
The stars go round the Mulberry Bush,
The Burning Bush, the Sun.
‘Grey Beards at Play.’
Chesterton, G. K.. The G. K. Chesterton Collection [50 Books] (Kindle Locations 45254-45255). Catholic Way Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Chesterton, G. K.. The G. K. Chesterton Collection [50 Books] (Kindle Locations 45240-45254). Catholic Way Publishing. Kindle Edition.
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