The Convert
After one moment when I bowed my head And the whole world turned over and came upright, And I came out where the old road shone white, I walked the ways and heard what all men said, Forests of tongues, like autumn leaves unshed, Being not unlovable but strange and light; Old riddles and new creeds, not in despite But softly, as men smile about the dead. The sages have a hundred maps to give That trace their crawling cosmos like a tree, They rattle reason out through many a sieve That stores the sand and lets the gold go free: And all these things are less than dust to me Because my name is Lazarus and I live.
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"After one moment when I bowed my head..."
Exploring the themes of classic, Gilbert Keith Chesterton delivers a powerful performance in "The Convert"... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...