Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A CIDER SONG, by GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The wine they drink in paradise Last Line: Goes all the way to wales. Alternate Author Name(s): Chesterton, G. K. Subject(s): Hearts; Romance | ||||||||
The wine they drink in Paradise They make in Haute Lorraine; God brought it burning from the sod To be a sign and signal rod That they that drink the blood of God Shall never thirst again. The wine they praise in Paradise They make in Ponterey, The purple wine of Paradise, But we have better at the price; It's wine they praise in Paradise, It's cider that they pray. The wine they want in Paradise They find in Plodder's End, The apple wine of Hereford, Of Hafod Hill and Hereford, Where woods went down to Hereford, And there I had a friend. The soft feet of the blessed go In the soft western vales, The road the silent saints accord, The road from heaven to Hereford, Where the apple wood of Hereford Goes all the way to Wales. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ZOOMING; FOR TOM RAWORTH by ANSELM HOLLO ROMANCE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON A MADE-FOR-TV ROMANCE by PETER JOHNSON CONFUSION OF THE SENSES by KENNETH REXROTH HIGH PROVENCE by KENNETH REXROTH THE LOVE POEMS OF MARICHIKO: 12 by KENNETH REXROTH THE LOVE POEMS OF MARICHIKO: 23 by KENNETH REXROTH A BALLADE OF SUICIDE by GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON |
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