{"product_id":"the-ballad-of-st-barbara-von-g-k-chesterton","title":"The Ballad of St. Barbara","description":"\u003cp\u003e\" WHEN the long grey lines came flooding upon Paris in the plain, We stood and drank of the last free air we never could taste again: They had led us back from the lost battle, to halt we knew not where And stilled us; and our gaping guns were dumb with our despair. The grey tribes flowed for ever from the infinite lifeless lands And a Norman to a Breton spoke, his chin upon his hands. ¿There was an end to Ilium; and an end came to Rome;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd a man plays on a painted stage in the land that he calls home; Arch after arch of triumph, but floor beyond falling floor,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat lead to a low door at last; and beyond there is no door.¿\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the Breton to the Norman spoke, like a small child spoke he, And his sea-blue eyes were empty as his home beside the sea: ¿There are more windows in one house than there are eyes to see, There are more doors in a man¿s house, but God has hid the key: Ruin is a builder of windows; her legend witnesseth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarbara, the saint of gunners, and a stay in sudden death.¿\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt seemed the wheel of the world stood still an instant in its turning, More than the kings of the earth that turned with the turning of Valmy mill: While trickled the idle tale and the sea-blue eyes were burning,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStill as the heart of a whirlwind the heart of the world stood still.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e¿Barbara the beautiful\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHad praise of lute and pen: Her hair was like a summer night Dark and desired of men.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9791041947096\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9791041947096","offer_id":46360079434053,"sku":"9791041947096","price":8.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/125f18b7-87ce-4354-9626-ef9d7f6215e8.jpg?v=1763106111","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/the-ballad-of-st-barbara-von-g-k-chesterton","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}