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GILBERT KEITH CHESTETON by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

Poet Analysis

First Line: KNIGHT OF THE HOLY GHOST, HE GOES HIS WAY
Last Line: PITY AND INNOCENCE HIS HEART AT REST.
Subject(s): CHESTERTON, GILBERT KEITH (1874-1936);
Knight of the Holy Ghost, he goes his way,
Wisdom his motley, Truth his loving jest;
The mills of Satan keep his lance in play,
Pity and innocence his heart at rest.



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