93. Donkey. G. K. Chesterton. Modern British Poetry

Louis Untermeyer, ed. (1885–1977). Modern British Poetry. 1920.

G. K. Chesterton. 1874–

93. The Donkey

"THE tattered outlaw of the earth,
Of ancient crooked will;
Starve, scourge, deride me: I am dumb,
I keep my secret still.

"Fools! For I also had my hour;	5
One far fierce hour and sweet:
There was a shout about my ears,
And palms before my feet."