Death & Dying
The Skeleton
From The Wild Knight and Other Poems (1900)
Death & Dying
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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MLA
Chesterton, G. K. “The Skeleton.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/chesterton/58/.
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Chesterton, G. K. “The Skeleton.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/chesterton/58/.
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