Lines For A Christmas Card
May all my enemies go to hell,
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel.
poem by Hilaire Belloc
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The Dromedary
The Dromedary is a cheerful bird:
I cannot say the same about the Kurd.
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Epitaph on the Favourite Dog of a Politician
Here lies a Dog.- may every Dog that dies
Lie in security - as this Dog lies.
poem by Hilaire Belloc
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On the Ladies of Pixton
Three Graces; and the mother were a Grace,
But for profounder meaning in her face.
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Habitations
Kings live in Palaces, and Pigs in sties,
And youth in Expectation. Youth is wise.
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Kings live in Palaces, and Pigs in sties
Kings live in Palaces, and Pigs in sties,
And youth in Expectation. Youth is wise.
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Time Cures All
It was my shame, and now it is my boast,
That I have loved you rather more than most.
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The False Heart
I said to Heart, 'How goes it?' Heart replied:
'Right as a Ribstone Pippin!' But it lied.
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Her Final Role
This man's desire; that other's hopeless end;
A third's capricious tyrant: and my friend.
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The Pacifist
Pale Ebenezer thought it wrong to fight,
But Roaring Bill (who killed him) thought it right.
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