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A Trinity by Hilaire Belloc
Algernon by Hilaire Belloc
April by Hilaire Belloc
August by Hilaire Belloc
Ballade to Our Lady of Czestochowa by Hilaire Belloc
Because My Faltering Feet by Hilaire Belloc
Charles Augustus Fortescue by Hilaire Belloc
Criterion by Hilaire Belloc
December by Hilaire Belloc
Drinking Song, On the Excellence of Burgundy Wine by Hilaire Belloc
Epitaph On The Favourite Dog of a Politician by Hilaire Belloc
Epitaph On The Politician Himself by Hilaire Belloc
Epitaph upon Himself by Hilaire Belloc
Franklin Hyde by Hilaire Belloc
Frog, The by Hilaire Belloc
George by Hilaire Belloc
George, Who played with a Dangerous Toy by Hilaire Belloc
Godolphin Horne by Hilaire Belloc
Habitations by Hilaire Belloc
Ha'nacker Mill by Hilaire Belloc
Henry King by Hilaire Belloc
Henry King… by Hilaire Belloc
Her Final Role by Hilaire Belloc
Heretics All by Hilaire Belloc
Heroic Poem in Praise of Wine by Hilaire Belloc
Hilaire Belloc - The South Country by Hilaire Belloc
Hildebrand by Hilaire Belloc
Hildebrand… by Hilaire Belloc
Is there any reward? by Hilaire Belloc
January by Hilaire Belloc
Jim by Hilaire Belloc
Juliet by Hilaire Belloc
July by Hilaire Belloc
June by Hilaire Belloc
King's Land by Hilaire Belloc
Kings live in Palaces, and Pigs in sties by Hilaire Belloc
Lines For A Christmas Card by Hilaire Belloc
Lines to a Don by Hilaire Belloc
Lord Finchley by Hilaire Belloc
Lord Lundy by Hilaire Belloc
March by Hilaire Belloc
May by Hilaire Belloc
November by Hilaire Belloc
Obeam Libens by Hilaire Belloc
October by Hilaire Belloc
On a Dead Hostess by Hilaire Belloc
On a General Election by Hilaire Belloc
On a Great Name by Hilaire Belloc
On a Hand by Hilaire Belloc
On a Prophet by Hilaire Belloc
On a Puritan by Hilaire Belloc
On a Rose for her Bosom by Hilaire Belloc
On a Sleeping Friend by Hilaire Belloc
On a Sundial by Hilaire Belloc
On Benicia: Who Wished Him Well by Hilaire Belloc
On Chelsea by Hilaire Belloc
On Eyes by Hilaire Belloc
On His Books by Hilaire Belloc
On Hygiene by Hilaire Belloc
On Lady Poltagrue: A Public Peril by Hilaire Belloc
On Mundane Acquaintances by Hilaire Belloc
On Noman: A Guest by Hilaire Belloc
On Paunch: A Parasite by Hilaire Belloc
On Perkins: An Actor by Hilaire Belloc
On Slop: A Poet by Hilaire Belloc
On Subtle: A Reviewer by Hilaire Belloc
On The Gift of a Book to a Child by Hilaire Belloc
On the Ladies of Pixton by Hilaire Belloc
On the Little God by Hilaire Belloc
On Torture: A Public Singer by Hilaire Belloc
On Two Ministers of State by Hilaire Belloc
On Vital Stastics by Hilaire Belloc
On Vital Statistics by Hilaire Belloc
Part ly From The Greek by Hilaire Belloc
Part ly From The Latin by Hilaire Belloc
Rebecca by Hilaire Belloc
Rebecca, who slammed doorsand perished by Hilaire Belloc
Rebecca… by Hilaire Belloc
Selected verses from Cautionary Tales for Children by Hilaire Belloc
September by Hilaire Belloc
Song by Hilaire Belloc
Talking (and Singing) of the Nordic Man by Hilaire Belloc
Tarantella by Hilaire Belloc
The Big Baboon by Hilaire Belloc
The Birds by Hilaire Belloc
The Catholic Sun by Hilaire Belloc
The Death and Last Confession of Wandering Peter by Hilaire Belloc
The Diamond by Hilaire Belloc
The Dromedary by Hilaire Belloc
The Early Morning by Hilaire Belloc
The Elephant by Hilaire Belloc
The Elm by Hilaire Belloc
The Face by Hilaire Belloc
The Fragment by Hilaire Belloc
The Hippopotamus by Hilaire Belloc
The Lion by Hilaire Belloc
The Llama by Hilaire Belloc
The Loser by Hilaire Belloc
The Marmozet by Hilaire Belloc
The Microbe by Hilaire Belloc
The Mirror by Hilaire Belloc
The Night by Hilaire Belloc
The Pacifist by Hilaire Belloc
The Pelagian Drinking Song by Hilaire Belloc
The Prophet lost in the hills at Evening by Hilaire Belloc
The Scorpion by Hilaire Belloc
The South Country by Hilaire Belloc
The Statue by Hilaire Belloc
The Telephone by Hilaire Belloc
The Tiger by Hilaire Belloc
The Vulture by Hilaire Belloc
The Whale by Hilaire Belloc
The world is full of double beds by Hilaire Belloc
The Yak by Hilaire Belloc
Time Cures All by Hilaire Belloc
Verses from More Beasts for Worse Children by Hilaire Belloc
Verses from The Bad Child's Book of Beasts by Hilaire Belloc
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Verses from The Bad Child's Book of Beasts by Hilaire Belloc
Introduction
I call you bad, my little child,
Upon the title page,
Because a manner rude and wild
Is common at your age.
The Moral of this priceless work
(If rightly understood)
Will make you -- from a little Turk --
Unnaturally good.
Do not as evil children do,
Who on the slightest grounds
Will imitate the Kangaroo,
With wild unmeaning bounds:
Do not as children badly bred,
Who eat like little Hogs,
And when they have to go to bed
Will whine like Puppy Dogs:
Who take their manners from the Ape,
Their habits from the Bear,
Indulge the loud unseemly jape,
And never brush their hair.
But so control your actions that
Your friends may all repeat.
'This child is dainty as the Cat,
And as the Owl discreet.'
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