The Donkey
When fishes flew and forests walked
And figs grew upon thorn,
Some moment when the moon was blood
Then surely I was born.
With monstrous head and sickening cry And ears like errant wings, The devil’s walking parody On all four-footed things.
The tattered outlaw of the earth, Of ancient crooked will; Starve, scourge, deride me: I am dumb, I keep my secret still.
Fools! For I also had my hour; One far fierce hour and sweet: There was a shout about my ears, And palms before my feet.
GK Chesterton, The Donkey
Image: Christ's Entry into Jerusalem
Artist: Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin (March 1809 – March 1864) was a 19th-century French painter
Date: 1846
Location: Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris
Matthew 21:5 relates Jesus' entry into Jerusalem
21:5. ”Tell the daughter of Zion: Behold your king comes to you, meek and sitting upon a donkey and a colt, the foal of her that is accustomed to the yoke.” to Zechariah 9:9:
9:9. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion, shout for …
With monstrous head and sickening cry And ears like errant wings, The devil’s walking parody On all four-footed things.
The tattered outlaw of the earth, Of ancient crooked will; Starve, scourge, deride me: I am dumb, I keep my secret still.
Fools! For I also had my hour; One far fierce hour and sweet: There was a shout about my ears, And palms before my feet.
GK Chesterton, The Donkey
Image: Christ's Entry into Jerusalem
Artist: Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin (March 1809 – March 1864) was a 19th-century French painter
Date: 1846
Location: Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris
Matthew 21:5 relates Jesus' entry into Jerusalem
21:5. ”Tell the daughter of Zion: Behold your king comes to you, meek and sitting upon a donkey and a colt, the foal of her that is accustomed to the yoke.” to Zechariah 9:9:
9:9. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion, shout for …