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The Collected Poems of G. K. Chesterton

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Author(s):G. K. Chesterton
Illustrator(s):None
Publisher(s): Dodd, Mead & Company
Year Published: 1966
Type: Hardcover
Genre: British
Epic
Poetry - Ballads
Poetry - Epic
Poetry - Lyric
Age Range: Ages 9-12: Longer Chapter Books
Pages: 391
ISBN-10: 0396078966
ISBN-13: 9780396078968
OCLC: 333764322

Description

This collection includes The Ballad of the White Horse as well as the shorter poems.

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Other Editions

The Ballad of the White Horse (2001)

A poem by G. K. Chesterton about the idealised exploits of the Saxon King Alfred the Great.

Before the gods that made the gods
Had seen their sunrise pass,
The White Horse of the White Horse Vale
Was cut out of the grass.

Publisher: Ignatius Press
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