12 November 2019

12 November, A Chesterton Calendar

NOVEMBER 12th
 
Likelier across these flats afar,  
These sulky levels smooth and free,  
The drums shall crash a waltz of war  
And Death shall dance with Liberty;  
Likelier the barricades shall blare  
Slaughter below and smoke above,  
And death and hate and hell declare 
That men have found a thing to love.  

'The Napoleon of Notting Hill.'

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