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The year's at the spring/Chesterton, G. K

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1165621The year's at the spring — Chesterton, G. K.:
The Donkey

The Donkey

WHEN fishes flew and forests walked
And figs grew upon thorn,
Some moment when the moon was blood
Then surely I was born;


With monstrous head and sickening cry
And ears like errant wings,
The devil's walking parody
On all four-footed things.


The tattered outlaw of the earth,
Of ancient crooked will;
Starve, scourge, deride me: I am dumb,
I keep my secret still.


Fools! For I also had my hour;
One far fierce hour and sweet:
There was a shout about my ears,
And palms before my feet.

"WITH MONSTROUS HEAD AND SICKENING CRY AND EARS LIKE ERRANT WINGS"