The Wild Knight and Other PoemsTHE WILD KNIGHTReading editionChapter navigation58 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…THE WILD KNIGHTNOTETHE WORLD'S LOVERTHE SKELETONA CHORD OF COLOURTHE HAPPY MANTHE UNPARDONABLE SINA NOVELTYULTIMATETHE DONKEYTHE BEATIFIC VISIONTHE HOPE OF THE STREETSECCLESIASTESTHE SONG OF THE CHILDRENTHE FISHGOLD LEAVESTHOU SHALT NOT KILLA CERTAIN EVENINGA MAN AND HIS IMAGETHE MARINERTHE TRIUMPH OF MANCYCLOPEANJOSEPHMODERN ELFLANDETERNITIESA CHRISTMAS CAROLALONEKING'S CROSS STATIONTHE HUMAN TREETO THEM THAT MOURNTHE OUTLAWBEHINDTHE END OF FEARTHE HOLY OF HOLIESTHE MIRROR OF MADMENE.C.B.THE DESECRATERSAN ALLIANCETHE ANCIENT OF DAYSTHE LAST MASQUERADETHE EARTH'S SHAMEVANITYTHE LAMP POSTTHE PESSIMISTA FAIRY TALEA PORTRAITFEMINA CONTRA MUNDUMTO A CERTAIN NATIONTHE PRAISE OF DUSTTHE BALLAD OF THE BATTLE OF GIBEONTHE BALLAD OF GOD-MAKERSAT NIGHTTHE WOOD-CUTTERART COLOURSTHE TWO WOMENTHE WILD KNIGHTTHE WILD KNIGHTGOOD NEWSBeginning of this editionNext chapter →NOTEAll chapters and sections (58)THE WILD KNIGHTNOTETHE WORLD'S LOVERTHE SKELETONA CHORD OF COLOURTHE HAPPY MANTHE UNPARDONABLE SINA NOVELTYULTIMATETHE DONKEYTHE BEATIFIC VISIONTHE HOPE OF THE STREETSECCLESIASTESTHE SONG OF THE CHILDRENTHE FISHGOLD LEAVESTHOU SHALT NOT KILLA CERTAIN EVENINGA MAN AND HIS IMAGETHE MARINERTHE TRIUMPH OF MANCYCLOPEANJOSEPHMODERN ELFLANDETERNITIESA CHRISTMAS CAROLALONEKING'S CROSS STATIONTHE HUMAN TREETO THEM THAT MOURNTHE OUTLAWBEHINDTHE END OF FEARTHE HOLY OF HOLIESTHE MIRROR OF MADMENE.C.B.THE DESECRATERSAN ALLIANCETHE ANCIENT OF DAYSTHE LAST MASQUERADETHE EARTH'S SHAMEVANITYTHE LAMP POSTTHE PESSIMISTA FAIRY TALEA PORTRAITFEMINA CONTRA MUNDUMTO A CERTAIN NATIONTHE PRAISE OF DUSTTHE BALLAD OF THE BATTLE OF GIBEONTHE BALLAD OF GOD-MAKERSAT NIGHTTHE WOOD-CUTTERART COLOURSTHE TWO WOMENTHE WILD KNIGHTTHE WILD KNIGHTGOOD NEWSAND OTHER POEMS◇By Gilbert Chesterton◇1900◇NOTE →