Today is


   "A word to the wise ain't necessary --  
          it's the stupid ones that need the advice."
					-Bill Cosby

Saturday, April 07, 2007


Variations on a Chesterton theme



KM's Chesterton quote inspired me to re-post a scribbling of mine which attempted to convey the same theme. Why post a less eloquent composition on the same theme? I was excited to see that I at least had a similar thought on such a complex issue as someone as intellectual and talented as Chesterton. Besides, I have nothing else to post:

Gethsemane

Upon what stone did the weight of the world rest?
On what rich soil did the heavy tears fall?
Brave consternation! If ever fear was blessed,
that fear among the garden did so deserve it best.

And was there not a soul on earth who knew at all?
Who heard not the throbbing of heaven's heart?
And felt the seraphim poised should He give the call?
Earth's proudest moment when man did God enthrall.

Oh heaven! Which knows each mark of the eternal chart,
could this be a plea derived from its own?
And once it moved, you gave a start,
as a sculptor might should the clay adjust the art.

Omniscient Father! How could you not have known?
And is it in a God to change his mind?
Much is at work when man in God has grown
and mingles with paradise an aching moan.

And in that disconcerted moment could we find
that strangeness of perfection and blight intertwined,
when heaven felt a tap and feared to look behind,
sensing the infiltration of the anguish of mankind.

5 Comments:

Blogger Conservative in Virginia said...

Happy Easter, Rumpus.

April 08, 2007 8:11 AM  
Blogger Kate Marie said...

Happy Easter to you and yours, CIV.

April 08, 2007 4:03 PM  
Blogger Jeff said...

Happy Easter to all Rumpusers, Rumpus family, and Rumpus associates from this Rumpus hanger-on. :)

April 08, 2007 8:15 PM  
Blogger Kate Marie said...

And Happy Easter to you, too, Jeff, from all Rumpusers, Rumpus family, and Rumpus associates.

And thanks for "hanging on" and hanging around. It's always a pleasure to hang with you here.

April 08, 2007 8:47 PM  
Blogger Kate Marie said...

By the way, very nice poem, WD.

April 08, 2007 11:10 PM  

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