In the city set upon slime and loam,
They cry in their Parliament, "Who goes home?"
And there comes no answer in arch or dome,
For none in the city of graves goes home.
Yet these shall perish and understand,
For God has pity on this great land.


Who Goes Home? (1914)

G. K. Chesterton Quotes

In the city set upon slime and loam, They cry in their Parliament, Who goes home? And there comes no answer in arch or dome, For none in the city of...

In the city set upon slime and loam, They cry in their Parliament, Who goes home? And there comes no answer in arch or dome, For none in the city of...

In the city set upon slime and loam, They cry in their Parliament, Who goes home? And there comes no answer in arch or dome, For none in the city of...

In the city set upon slime and loam, They cry in their Parliament, Who goes home? And there comes no answer in arch or dome, For none in the city of...