Chesterton's first two books are words of poetry. This morning, I read the first (slim) one: 'Greybeards at play'. It consists of five poems: a dedication, three poems, and an envoy. Apparently, the illustrations are made by Chesterton himself.
At first, I found it curious that this first work, published when Chesterton was about 26 years old, is about 'greybeards'. The poems, however, are about a sense of wonder about the world, which children still have, grown-ups have lost in the complexity of life, and old people (maybe) can return to. In the envoy, when a child is reluctant to leave this wonderful world of childhood behind, the 'greybeard' says: "Go on, the world is round.".
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