The Skeleton

G. K. Chesterton

Chattering finch and water-fly
Are not merrier than I;
Here among the flowers I lie
Laughing everlastingly.
No: I may not tell the best;
Surely, friends, I might have guessed
Death was but the good King’s jest,
  It was hid so carefully.

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• G. K. Chesterton : The Song Of The Children
• G. K. Chesterton : The Song Of The Oak
• G. K. Chesterton : The Song Of The Strange Ascetic
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• G. K. Chesterton : The New Freethinker