Poems
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The is the second volume of Chesterton's novels in this series of his Collected Works. (Volume VI is the other book of novels.) Besides his well-known philosophical-theological writings, Chesterton's fiction is very popular (Father Brown Mysteries, The Man Who Was Thursday, etc.) and among those who regarded him as a great literary figure are T.S. Eliot, Evelyn Waugh, C.S. Lewis and W.H. Auden. The reader will encounter characters in these novels that defend with great vigor the dignity of the person and fundamental Christian beliefs.
Chapters (68)
- POEMS
- CONTENTS
- I THREE DEDICATIONS
- TO EDMUND CLERIHEW BENTLEY
- TO HILAIRE BELLOC
- TO M. E. W.
- II WAR POEMS
- LEPANTO
- THE MARCH OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN 1913
- BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS
- THE WIFE OF FLANDERS
- THE CRUSADER RETURNS FROM CAPTIVITY
- III LOVE POEMS
- GLENCOE
- LOVE'S TRAPPIST
- CONFESSIONAL
- MUSIC
- THE DELUGE
- THE STRANGE MUSIC
- THE GREAT MINIMUM
- THE MORTAL ANSWERS
- A MARRIAGE SONG
- BAY COMBE
- IV RELIGIOUS POEMS
- THE WISE MEN
- THE HOUSE OF CHRISTMAS
- A SONG OF GIFTS TO GOD
- THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
- A HYMN FOR THE CHURCH MILITANT
- THE BEATIFIC VISION
- THE TRUCE OF CHRISTMAS
- A HYMN
- A CHRISTMAS SONG FOR THREE GUILDS
- THE NATIVITY
- A CHILD OF THE SNOWS
- A WORD
- V RHYMES FOR THE TIMES
- ANTICHRIST, OR THE REUNION OF CHRISTENDOM: AN ODE
- THE REVOLUTIONIST: OR LINES TO A STATESMAN
- THE SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL
- THE HORRIBLE HISTORY OF JONES
- THE NEW FREETHINKER
- IN MEMORIAM P.D.
- SONNET WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON
- A SONG OF SWORDS
- A SONG OF DEFEAT
- SONNET
- AFRICA
- THE DEAD HERO
- AN ELECTION ECHO 1906
- THE SONG OF THE WHEELS
- THE SECRET PEOPLE
- VI MISCELLANEOUS POEMS
- LOST
- BALLAD OF THE SUN
- TRANSLATION FROM DU BELLAY
- THE HIGHER UNITY
- THE EARTH'S VIGIL
- ON RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION
- WHEN I CAME BACK TO FLEET STREET
- A CIDER SONG
- THE LAST HERO
- VII BALLADES
- BALLADE D'UNE GRANDE DAME
- A BALLADE OF AN ANTI-PURITAN
- A BALLADE OF A BOOK-REVIEWER
- A BALLADE OF SUICIDE
- A BALLADE OF THE FIRST RAIN
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