by
G.K. Chesterton on Jul 25, 2017 in
Poetry
Ecclesiastes
There is one sin: to call a green leaf gray,
Whereat the sun in heaven shuddereth.
There is one blasphemy: for death to pray,
For God alone knoweth the praise of death.
There is one creed: ’’neath no world-terror’s wing
Apples forget to grow on apple-trees.
There is one thing is needful everything
The rest is vanity of vanities.
G.K. Chesterton
G. K. Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English
writer, philosopher, biographer, and literary and art critic. He who wrote 80
books, hundreds of poems, approximately 200 short stories, and several plays. He
wrote the book called The Everlasting Man,
which led a young atheist named C.S. Lewis to become a Christian. His
best-known character is the priest-detective Father Brown who appeared in short
stories. His most famous novel is The Man Who Was
Thursday. He was a Christian before
he became a Catholic. Christian themes and symbolism appear in much of his
writing.
