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A Broad Minded Bishop Rebukes The Verminous St. Francis: Poem by Gilbert Keith Chesterton

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If Brother Francis pardoned Brother Flea,
There still seems need of such strange charity,
Seeing he is, for all his gay goodwill,
Bitten by funny little creatures still.

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