The Ballad of St. Barbara and other verses

by Gilbert Keith Chesterton

The Ballad of St. Barbara

AND OTHER VERSES

BY

GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON

LONDON

CECIL PALMER

OAKLEY HOUSE BLOOMSBURY STREET W.C.1.

FIRST
EDITION
1922
COPY-
RIGHT

CONTENTS

PAGE
To F. C. In Memoriam Palestine, '19		vii
The Ballad of St. Barbara		1
Elegy in a Country Churchyard		13
The Sword of Surprise		14
A Wedding in War-time		15
The Mystery		18
"The Myth of Arthur"		19
The Old Song		20
The Trinkets		24
The Philanthropist		26
On the Downs		27
The Red Sea		30
For a War Memorial		32
Memory		33
The English Graves		35
Nightmare		37
A Second Childhood		40
"Mediaevalism"		43
Poland		46
The Hunting of the Dragon		48
Sonnet		51
Fantasia		52
A Christmas Carol		54
To Captain Fryatt		56
For Four Guilds:
I.	The Glass-Stainers	57
II.	The Bridge-Builders	59
III.	The Stone-Masons	62
IV.	The Bell-Ringers	64
The Convert		67
Songs of Education:
I.	History	71
II.	Geography	74
III.	For the Crêche	76
IV.	Citizenship	78
V.	The Higher Mathematics	80
VI.	Hygiene	82