The Law of Laws – Robert Service
Curse on such thinking! let us play
At Free Will, though we be
The gnatlike creatures of the day,
The dupes of Destiny . . .
The merle is merry in the may-
Tommorow's time to pray.
The New Freethinker – C.K. Chesterton
While still, to all appearance, small,
Would have no Miracles at all;
And just before the age of ten
Firmly refused Free Will to men.
The altars reeled, the heavens shook,
Just as he read of in the book;
Flung from his house went forth the youth
Alone with tempests and the Truth.
I start this week’s piece in my “A Changing Frame of Reference” series with part of Robert Service’s poem “The Law of Laws,” and a portion of C. K. Chesterton’s poem, “The New Freethinker.” You’ll see why soon enough.
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