The Donkey
G. K. Chesterton
1874 to 1936
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When fishes flew and forests walked
And figs ______ upon thorn,
Some moment when the moon was blood
Then surely I was born.
With monstrous head and ______ cry
And ears like errant wings,
The devil’s ______ parody
On all four-footed things.
The tattered outlaw ______ the earth,
Of ancient crooked will;
Starve, scourge, ______ me: I am dumb,
I keep my secret still.
Fools! For I also had my hour;
One ______ fierce hour and sweet:
There was a shout about ______ ears,
And palms before my feet.