by
G.K. Chesterton on Sep 25, 2017 in
Poetry
The World State
Oh, how I love Humanity,
With love so pure and pringlish,
And how I hate the horrid French,
Who never will be English!
The International Idea,
The largest and the clearest,
Is welding all the nations now,
Except the one that’s nearest.
This compromise has long been known,
This scheme of partial pardons,
In ethical societies
And small suburban gardens—
The villas and the chapels where
I learned with little labour
The way to love my fellow-man
And hate my next-door neighbour.
G. K. Chesterton
G. K. Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English
writer, philosopher, biographer, and literary and art critic. He who wrote 80
books, hundreds of poems, approximately 200 short stories, and several plays. He
wrote the book called The Everlasting Man,
which led a young atheist named C.S. Lewis to become a Christian. His
best-known character is the priest-detective Father Brown who appeared in short
stories. His most famous novel is The Man Who Was
Thursday. He was a Christian before
he became a Catholic. Christian themes and symbolism appear in much of his
writing.
