When I am dead, I hope it may be said:
‘His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.’
(Hilaire Belloc)
More Poetry from Hilaire Belloc:
Hilaire Belloc Poems based on Topics: Sin, Books- Heroic Poem in Praise of Wine (Hilaire Belloc Poems)
- Lines to a Don (Hilaire Belloc Poems)
- The South Country (Hilaire Belloc Poems)
- Jim (Hilaire Belloc Poems)
- Matilda Who told Lies, and was Burned to Death (Hilaire Belloc Poems)
- To The Balliol Men Still In Africa (Hilaire Belloc Poems)