There fared a mother driven forth Out of an inn to roam; In the place where she was homeless All men are at home. The crazy stable close at hand, With shaking timber and shifting sand, Grew a stronger thing to abide and...
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...
DIVORCE VERSUS DEMOCRACY
PREFACEI have been asked to put forward in pamphlet form this rather hasty essay as it appeared in "Nash's Magazine"; and I do so by the kind permission of the editor. The rather chaotic quality of its journalism it is now impossible to alter. The...
The Praise Of Dust
"What of vile dust?" the preacher said. Methought the whole world woke,The dead stone lived beneath my foot, And my whole body spoke."You, that play tyrant to the dust, And stamp its wrinkled face,This patient star that flings you not Far into...
A Piece of Chalk
(Published in Tremendous Trifles, Methuen and Co Ltd, London, 1909. Originally appeared in the DAILY NEWS, November 4, 1905.) I remember one splendid morning, all blue and silver, in the summer holidays when I reluctantly tore myself away from the...
Mene, Mene, Tekel . . . or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Church
I wonder where I go from here?” I said absently to myself. “There are so many doors.”I had entered the building rather skeptically, having only met the Owner’s Son a week before. I decided to visit His Father’s House.The building itself was huge....
One Flesh (Part III) . . . The Same Sex Challenge
In light of the December 1996 Circuit Court ruling in Hawaii to void a state marriage license prohibition for same-sex couples, there can be no doubt that the homosexuality[1] issue will continue to be one of the biggest challenges that our...
The Christmas Star
PART 1: When was Jesus born?The Christmas story, as told by Matthew and Luke, with the angels, shepherds, wise men and star has gripped the imagination of many over the last 20 centuries. What is interesting is that these biblical narratives...
Magi
Magi(Plural of Latin magus; Greek magoi). The "wise men from the East" who came to adore Jesus in Bethlehem (Matthew 2). Rationalists regard the Gospel account as fiction; Catholics insist that it is a narrative of fact, supporting their...