Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Here you will find the Poem An Answer to Frances Cornford of poet Gilbert Keith Chesterton

An Answer to Frances Cornford

Why do you rush through the fields in trains, 
 Guessing so much and so much. 
 Why do you flash through the flowery meads, 
 Fat-head poet that nobody reads; 
 And why do you know such a frightful lot 
 About people in gloves and such?