by

G.K. CHESTERTON

NEW YORK

1916

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

The Napoleon of Notting Hill: A Romance. With illustrations by Graham Robertson.

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Orthodoxy.

All Things Considered.

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The Ball and the Cross.

The Ballad of the White Horse.

The Innocence of Father Brown. Illustrated.

The Wisdom of Father Brown.

Manalive.

The Flying Inn.

JOHN LANE COMPANY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

CONTENTS

THREE DEDICATIONS

TO EDMUND CLERIHEW BENTLEY TO HILAIRE BELLOC TO M. E. W.

WAR POEMS

LEPANTO THE MARCH OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN 1913 BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS THE WIFE OF FLANDERS THE CRUSADER RETURNS FROM CAPTIVITY

LOVE POEMS

GLENCOE LOVE'S TRAPPIST CONFESSIONAL MUSIC THE DELUGE THE STRANGE MUSIC THE GREAT MINIMUM THE MORTAL ANSWERS A MARRIAGE SONG BAY COMBE

RELIGIOUS POEMS

THE WISE MEN THE HOUSE OF CHRISTMAS A SONG OF GIFTS TO GOD THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN A HYMN FOR THE CHURCH MILITANT THE BEATIFIC VISION THE TRUCE OF CHRISTMAS A HYMN A CHRISTMAS SONG FOR THREE GUILDS THE NATIVITY A CHILD OF THE SNOWS A WORD

RHYMES FOR THE TIMES