Heroic Poem in Praise of Wine (Hilaire Belloc Poems)
To exalt, enthrone, establish and defend,To welcome home mankind's mysterious friendWine, true begetter of all arts that be;Wine, privilege of ...
Hilaire Belloc Poems on Man (36 Poems)
Lines to a Don (Hilaire Belloc Poems)
Remote and ineffectual DonThat dared attack my Chesterton,With that poor weapon, half-impelled,Unlearnt, unsteady, hardly held,Unworthy for a tilt with men—Your ...
The South Country (Hilaire Belloc Poems)
When I am living in the MidlandsThat are sodden and unkind,I light my lamp in the evening:My work is left ...
Matilda Who told Lies, and was Burned to Death (Hilaire Belloc Poems)
Matilda told such Dreadful Lies,It made one Gasp and Stretch one's Eyes;Her Aunt, who, from her Earliest Youth,Had kept a ...
To The Balliol Men Still In Africa (Hilaire Belloc Poems)
Years ago when I was at Balliol, Balliol men-and I was one-Swam together in winter rivers, Wrestled together under the sun.And still ...
Godolphin Horne,Who was cursed with the Sin of Pride, and Became a Boot-Black. (Hilaire Belloc Poems)
Godolphin Horne was Nobly Born;He held the Human Race in Scorn,And lived with all his Sisters whereHis father lived, in ...
Lord Lundy II – Second Canto (Hilaire Belloc Poems)
It happened to Lord Lundy then,As happens to so many men:Towards the age of twenty-six,They shoved him into politics;In which ...
The Death and Last Confession of Wandering Peter (Hilaire Belloc Poems)
When Peter Wanderwide was youngHe wandered everywhere he would:All that he approved was sung,And most of what he saw was ...
The Pelagian Drinking Song (Hilaire Belloc Poems)
Pelagius lived at KardanoelAnd taught a doctrine thereHow, whether you went to heaven or to hellIt was your own affair.It ...
The Rebel (Hilaire Belloc Poems)
There is a wall of which the stonesAre lies and bribes and dead men's bones.And wrongfully this evil wallDenies what ...
Noel (Hilaire Belloc Poems)
ION a winter's night long time ago(The bells ring loud and the bells ring low),When high howled wind, and down ...
George, Who played with a Dangerous Toy, and suffered a Catastrophe of considerable (Hilaire Belloc Poems)
When George's Grandmamma was toldThat George had been as good as gold,She promised in the afternoonTo buy him an Immense ...
The Evenlode (Hilaire Belloc Poems)
I will not try to reach again, I will not set my sail alone, To moor a boat bereft of men At Yarnton's ...
From: Dedicatory Ode (Hilaire Belloc Poems)
I will not try the reach again, I will not set my sail alone, To moor a boat bereft of men At Yarnton's ...
The Llama (Hilaire Belloc Poems)
The Llama is a wooly sort of fleecy hairy goat,With an indolent expression and an undulating throatLike an unsuccessful literary ...
[Month of) July (Hilaire Belloc Poems)
The Kings come riding back from the Crusade,The purple Kings and all their mounted men;They fill the street with clamorous ...
July (Hilaire Belloc Poems)
The Kings come riding back from the Crusade,The purple Kings and all their mounted men;They fill the street with clamorous ...
[Month of] September (Hilaire Belloc Poems)
I, from a window where the Meuse is wide,Looked eastward out to the September night;The men that in the hopeless ...
Because My Faltering Feet (Hilaire Belloc Poems)
Because my faltering feet may fail to dareThe first descendant of the steps of HellGive me the Word in time ...
September (Hilaire Belloc Poems)
I, from a window where the Meuse is wide,Looked eastward out to the September night;The men that in the hopeless ...
Talking (and Singing) of the Nordic Man (Hilaire Belloc Poems)
IBehold, my child, the Nordic man,And be as like him, as you can;His legs are long, his mind is slow,His ...
Criterion (Hilaire Belloc Poems)
When you are mixed with many I descryA single light, and judge the rest thereby.But when you are alone with ...
The Marmozet (Hilaire Belloc Poems)
The species Man and MarmozetAre intimately linked;The Marmozet survives as yet,But Men are all extinct. (Hilaire Belloc)
The Marmozet (Hilaire Belloc Poem)
The species Man and Marmozet Are intimately linked; The Marmozet survives as yet, But Men are all extinct. (Hilaire Belloc)
Because My Faltering Feet (Hilaire Belloc Poem)
Because my faltering feet may fail to dare The first descendant of the steps of Hell Give me the Word ...
September (Hilaire Belloc Poem)
I, from a window where the Meuse is wide, Looked eastward out to the September night; The men that in ...
Talking (and Singing) of the Nordic Man (Hilaire Belloc Poem)
I Behold, my child, the Nordic man, And be as like him, as you can; His legs are long, his ...
The Death and Last Confession of Wandering Peter (Hilaire Belloc Poem)
When Peter Wanderwide was young He wandered everywhere he would: All that he approved was sung, And most of what ...
Godolphin Horne (Hilaire Belloc Poem)
Who was cursed with the Sin of Pride, and Became a Boot-Black. Godolphin Horne was Nobly Born; He held the ...
The Pelagian Drinking Song (Hilaire Belloc Poem)
Pelagius lived at Kardanoel And taught a doctrine there How, whether you went to heaven or to hell It was ...