{"product_id":"poems-von-g-k-chesterton","title":"Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cloud was on the mind of men, and wailing went the weather, Yea, a sick cloud upon the soul when we were boys together. Science announced nonentity and art admired decay;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe world was old and ended: but you and I were gay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRound us in antic order their crippled vices came¿\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLust that had lost its laughter, fear that had lost its shame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike the white lock of Whistler, that lit our aimless gloom,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMen showed their own white feather as proudly as a plume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife was a fly that faded, and death a drone that stung;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe world was very old indeed when you and I were young.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey twisted even decent sin to shapes not to be named:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMen were ashamed of honour; but we were not ashamed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeak if we were and foolish, not thus we failed, not thus;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen that black Baal blocked the heavens he had no hymns from us. Children we were¿our forts of sand were even as weak as we,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHigh as they went we piled them up to break that bitter sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFools as we were in motley, all jangling and absurd,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen all church bells were silent our cap and bells were heard.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9791041817689\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9791041817689","offer_id":46888435024197,"sku":"9791041817689","price":9.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/afa2846a-d483-416a-a65f-93f20a5a3610.jpg?v=1747810814","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/poems-von-g-k-chesterton","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}