tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post1486874288097825550..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: G. K. Chesterton walks where they fought the unknown fight - The Ballad of the White Horse - all their wars are merry / And all their songs are sadAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-61161502003381407222016-01-31T20:51:47.382-06:002016-01-31T20:51:47.382-06:00I wish I had known about the Chesteron poem as a T...I wish I had known about the Chesteron poem as a Tolkeinish teen. I would have enjoyed it.<br /><br />A sympathetic performance of it would be great.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-71039133906124861532016-01-30T18:41:38.921-06:002016-01-30T18:41:38.921-06:00And it ends with "The Scouring of the Horse.&...And it ends with "The Scouring of the Horse." Even more of a familiar ring.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-9295254130982677372016-01-30T18:39:52.852-06:002016-01-30T18:39:52.852-06:00Chesterton is interesting but I don't know tha...Chesterton is interesting but I don't know that much of him. Just looked and this is on LibriVox in two versions--think this will be treadmill or laundry-folding listening.<br /><br />"...black trees on the battle-height, / Black thorn on Ethandune": it does have a Tolkienish air. Or Tolkien has a Chestertonish air, I suppose.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-77438506210454859992016-01-12T14:16:35.053-06:002016-01-12T14:16:35.053-06:00The edition of Chesterton's collected poems I ...The edition of Chesterton's collected poems I have been using is 375 pages, with <i>The Ballad of the White Horse</i> taking up a hundred of them. The rest are lyrics.<br /><br />What I have read so far - about half the book - has been good.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-88690839936209986012016-01-12T13:59:52.076-06:002016-01-12T13:59:52.076-06:00I should have known better, but I never thought of...I should have known better, but I never thought of Chesterton as a poet; so, I thank you for your insightful and celebratory posting, and -- if I can ever overcome my feckless, forgetful, and fearful shortcomings -- I look forward to reading this one by Chesterton. All the best from a confused pilgrim.RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.com