Hilaire Belloc image
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Born in July 27, 1870 / Died in July 16, 1953 / France / English

Poems by Hilaire Belloc

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On the Gift of a Book to a Child

...  The better things and leave the worse ones:  ...

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Ballade of Modest Confession

... Envoi Prince! do not let your Nose, your royal Nose,  ...

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The Rebel

... And plough their gardens deep and through&mdash ...

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from A Moral Alphabet

...   They bring us the gold when their labours are ended,  ...

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Criterion

... But when you are alone with me, why then, ...

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George, Who played with a Dangerous Toy, and suffered a Catastrophe of considerable Dimensions.

... And dreadful shrieks, when, worst of all, ...

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Charles Augustus Fortescue, Who always Did what was Right, and so accumulated an Immense Fortune.

... He sought, when it was within his power, ...

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Henry King,{ Who chewed bits of String, and was cut off in Dreadful Agonies}

... '' With that, the Wretched Child expires ...

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Cautionary Tales for Children: Introduction

... The noble lines that meet your sight, ...

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Epitah on the Politician Himself

... Bribed, bullied, swindled and blackmailed for years: ...

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The Diamond

... While my strong verse, for ever new, ...

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To A Rhinoceros

... You have a horn where other brutes have none: ...

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February

... And you shall wake, grown young with perfect sleep, ...

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April

... Where the first hedgethorns and white windflowers blow: ...

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July

... Formed on the edge of the desert, armoured all, ...