Nature

Gold Leaves

by G. K. Chesterton 1874–1936

From The Wild Knight and Other Poems (1900)

Nature

Lo! I am come to autumn,
When all the leaves are gold;
Grey hairs and golden leaves cry out
The year and I are old.

In youth I sought the prince of men,
Captain in cosmic wars,
Our Titan, even the weeds would show
Defiant, to the stars.

But now a great thing in the street
Seems any human nod,
Where shift in strange democracy
The million masks of God.

In youth I sought the golden flower
Hidden in wood or wold,
But I am come to autumn,
When all the leaves are gold.

MLA

Chesterton, G. K. “Gold Leaves.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/chesterton/65/.

Chicago

Chesterton, G. K. “Gold Leaves.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/chesterton/65/.

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