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A SECOND CHILDHOOD When all my days are ending And I have no song to sing, I think I shall not be too old To stare at everything; As I stared once at a nursery door Or a tall tree and a swing. Wherein God's ponderous mercy hangs On all my sins and me, Because He does not take away The terror from the tree And stones still shine along the road That are and cannot be. A SECOND CHILDHOOD WHEN ALL MY DAYS ARE ENDING AND I HAVE NO SONG TO SING I THINK I SHALL NOT BE TOO OLD TO STARE AT EVERYTHING AS I ONCE STARED AT A NURSERY DOOR OR A TALL TREE AND A SWING WHEREIN GOD'S PONDEROUS MERCY HANGS ON ALL MY SINS AND ME BECAUSE HE DOES NOT TAKE AWAY THE TERROR FROM THE TREE AND STONES STILL SHINE ALONG THE ROAD THAT ARE AND CANNOT BE
assed unfaltering till it found an end In one long shallow step; and these descending Fared forth anew as long away to wend. I thought they travelled for a thousand years; And at the end was nothing for them all, For all that splendour of sceptres and of spears, But a new step, another easy fall. The smile of stone seemed but a little less, The load of silver but a little more: And ever was that terraced wilderness And falling plain paved like a palace floor. Rust red as gore crawled on their arms of might And on their faces wrinkles and not scars: Till the dream suddenly ended; noise and light Loosened the tyranny of the tropic stars. But over them like a subterranean sun I saw the sign of all the fiends that fell; And a wild voice cried “Hasten and be done, Is there no steepness in the stairs of hell?” He that returns, He that remains the same, Turned the round real world, His iron vice; Down the grey garden paths a bird called twice, And through three doors mysterious daylight came.  SECTION SEVENTEEN OF THE BALLAD OF SAINT BARBARA AND OTHER VERSES BY G CHESTERTOWN READ FOR LIBERVOX DOT ORG BY GAELLE CATO
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