On Apr 10, 5:03=A0am, Alastor <ross...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> A poet should be judged not only by what he says but also by what
> he refuses to say. That is where Chesterton fails miserably.
I think you underestimate Chesterton as a poet and I'm surprised
you're not familiar with the line " I don't care where the water goes
if it doesn't get into the wine". The poem is "Wine and Water" and is
actually a barb against the temperance movement. It contains the
lines:
And you can't get wine at a P.S.A., or chapel, or Eisteddfod,
For the Curse of Water has come again because of the wrath of God,
I think you should read the whole thing.
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Decimus...
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