The Unpardonable Sin
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The Unpardonable Sin
I do not cry, beloved, neither curse.
Silence and strength, these two at least are good.
He gave me sun and stars and ought He could,
But not a woman's love; for that is hers.
He sealed her heart from sage and questioner--
Yea, with seven seals, as he has sealed the grave.
And if she give it to a drunken slave,
The Day of Judgment shall not challenge her.
Only this much: if one, deserving well,
Touching your thin young hands and making suit,
Feel not himself a crawling thing, a brute,
Buried and bricked in a forgotten hell;
Prophet and poet be he over sod,
Prince among angels in the highest place,
God help me, I will smite him on the face,
Before the glory of the face of God.
About Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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By The Babe Unborn
The World's Lover
The Skeleton
A Chord of Colour
The Happy Man
The Unpardonable Sin
A Novelty
Ultimate
The Donkey
The Beatific Vision
The Hope of the Streets
Ecclesiastes
The Song of the Children
The Fish
Gold Leaves
Thou Shalt Not Kill
A Certain Evening
A Man and His Image
The Mariner
The Triumph of Man
Cyclopean
Joseph
Modern Elfland
Eternities
A Christmas Carol
Alone
King's Cross Station
The Human Tree
To Them That Mourn
The Outlaw
Behind
The End of Fear
The Holy of Holies
The Mirror of Madmen
E.C.B.
The Desecraters
An Alliance
The Ancient of Days
The Last Masquerade
The Earth's Shame
Vanity
The Lamp Post
The Pessimist
A Fairy Tale
A Portrait
Femina Contra Mundum
To A Certain Nation
The Praise of Dust
The Ballad of the Battle of Gibeon
Vulgarised
The Ballad of God-Makers
At Night
The Wood Cutter
Art Colours
The Two Women
The Wild Knight
Good News
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