The Logical Vegetarian
From The Flying Inn, a satirical romp in which Chesterton inveighs against the forces of dreary and oppressive modernity
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The Poet
From The Ballad of the White Horse to Lepanto, Chesterton is counted among the greatest 20th century poets.
Gloria in Profundis
The unlikely and startling truth of the Incarnation
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The Song of the Strange Ascetic
Chesterton can’t understand the heathen who isn’t even having any fun
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The Song of Right and Wrong
The poem that got Chesterton fired from The Daily News.
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Elegy in a Country Churchyard
Chesterton’s “Elegy in a Country Churchyard” is one of the greatest anti-war and anti-government poems of all time.
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A Hymn: O God of Earth and Altar
A Chesterton poem you can sing in church
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The Rolling English Road
This is a poem that begs to be recited aloud
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A Child of the Snows
A great Christmas poem, which has inspired numerous song writers
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A Ballade of Suicide
Chesterton deals lightly with his own depression, helping us deal with ours
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