THE DONKEY.
When fish flew ar.d fores- walked ■And figs grew upon thorn, Some moment when the moon was ,>lood Then snrely I was turn; With monstrous head and sickening crj ■And ears like errant -wings. Toe devil's walking parody On all four-footed -ulngs. The tattsred outlaw of the earth, Of ancient crooked will: Starve, scourge, deride me: 1 am dumb, I keep my secret still. Fools! For I also had my hour: One far fierce hour and sweet: There was a shorn aboat my ears, And palms before my feet. —C. K. Chesterton.
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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 258, 29 October 1921, Page 17
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94THE DONKEY. Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 258, 29 October 1921, Page 17
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