Gold Leaves Poem by Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Gold Leaves

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Lo! I am come to autumn,
When all the leaves are gold;
Grey hairs and golden leaves cry out
The year and I are old.

In youth I sought the prince of men,
Captain in cosmic wars,
Our Titan, even the weeds would show
Defiant, to the stars.

But now a great thing in the street
Seems any human nod,
Where shift in strange democracy
The million masks of God.

In youth I sought the golden flower
Hidden in wood or wold,
But I am come to autumn,
When all the leaves are gold.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Mahtab Bangalee 06 August 2019

it's a great expression now a great thing in the street Seems any human nod, Where shift in strange democracy The million masks of God..../// excellent poem penned

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Paresh Chakra 30 November 2018

Gold leaves is a fantastic poem

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Susan Williams 11 February 2017

Beautiful love for thy fellow man

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Ratnakar Mandlik 11 February 2017

Simply superb conceptualization, in autumn when all the leaves are gold.! Thanks for sharing it here.

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M Asim Nehal 24 November 2016

Fantastic poem.... In youth I sought the golden flower Hidden in wood or wold, But I am come to autumn, When all the leaves are gold.

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