The Wild Knight and Other Poems by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
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OLIVE.
You have a strange strength in this hour. REDFEATHER. This hour I see with mortal eye as in one flash The whole divine democracy of things, And dare the stars to scorn a scavenge-heap. Olive, I tell you every soul is great. Weave we green crowns--how noble and how high; Fling we white flowers--how radiant and how pure Is he, whoe'er he be, who next shall cross This scrap of grass.... [_Enter LORD ORM. _] OLIVE [_screams_]. Ah! REDFEATHER [_pointing to the chapel_]. Olive, go and pray for a man soon to die. Good-day, my Lord. [_She goes in._] LORD ORM. |
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