Section: «Poems»
Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings:
artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.);
a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").
On The Little God
Of all the gods that gave me all their gloriesTo-day there deigns to walk with me but one.I lead him by the hand and tell him stories.It is the Queen..
© Hilaire Belloc
On The Ladies Of Pixton
Three Graces; and the mother were a Grace,But for profounder meaning in her face.
© Hilaire Belloc
On The Gift Of A Book To A Child
Child! do not throw this book about!Refrain from the unholy pleasureOf cutting all the pictures out!Preserve it as your chiefest treasure.Child, have..
© Hilaire Belloc
Matilda Who Told Lies, And Was Burned To Death
Matilda told such Dreadful Lies,It made one Gasp and Stretch one's Eyes;Her Aunt, who, from her Earliest Youth,Had kept a Strict Regard for..
© Hilaire Belloc
Lord Roehampton
During a late election LordRoehampton strained a vocal chordFrom shouting, very loud and high,To lots and lots of people whyThe Budget in his own..
© Hilaire Belloc
Lord Lundy Ii - Second Canto
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 profession he..
© Hilaire Belloc
Lord Lundy
Who was too Freely Moved to Tears, and thereby ruined his Political CareerLord Lundy from his earliest yearsWas far too freely moved to Tears.For..
© Hilaire Belloc
Lord Finchley
Lord Finchley tried to mend the Electric LightHimself. It struck him dead: And serve him right!It is the business of the wealthy manTo give..
© Hilaire Belloc
Lines To A Don
Remote and ineffectual DonThat dared attack my Chesterton,With that poor weapon, half-impelled,Unlearnt, unsteady, hardly held,Unworthy for a tilt..
© Hilaire Belloc
Kings Live In Palaces, And Pigs In Sties
Kings live in Palaces, and Pigs in sties,And youth in Expectation. Youth is wise.
© Hilaire Belloc
King's Land
Stand thou forever among human Houses,House of the Resurrection, House of Birth;House of the rooted hearts and long carouses,Stand, and be famous..
© Hilaire Belloc
Juliet
How did the party go in Portman Square?I cannot tell you; Juliet was not there.And how did Lady Gaster's party go?Juliet was next me and I do not..
© Hilaire Belloc
Jim
Who ran away from his Nurse and was eaten by a LionThere was a Boy whose name was Jim;His Friends were very good to him.They gave him Tea, and Cakes..
© Hilaire Belloc
Is There Any Reward?
Is there any reward?I'm beginning to doubt it.I am broken and bored,Is there any rewardReassure me, Good Lord,And inform me about it.Is there any..
© Hilaire Belloc
Introduction: The Bad Child's Book Of Beasts
I call you bad, my little child,Upon the title page,Because a manner rude and wildIs common at your age.The Moral of this priceless work(If rightly..
© Hilaire Belloc
Introduction: More Beasts For Worse Children
The parents of the learned child(His father and his mother)Were utterly aghast to noteThe facts he would at random quoteOn creatures curious, rare..
© Hilaire Belloc
Hildebrand
Who was frightened by a Passing Motor, and was brought to Reason"Oh murder! What was that, Papa!""My child, It was a Motor-Car,A most Ingenious..
© Hilaire Belloc
Heroic Poem In Praise Of Wine
To exalt, enthrone, establish and defend,To welcome home mankind's mysterious friendWine, true begetter of all arts that be;Wine, privilege of the..
© Hilaire Belloc
Heretics All
Heretics all, whoever you may be,In Tarbes or Nimes, or over the sea,You never shall have good words from me.Caritas non conturbat me.But Catholic..
© Hilaire Belloc
Her Final Role
This man's desire; that other's hopeless end;A third's capricious tyrant: and my friend.
© Hilaire Belloc
Henry King
The Chief Defect of Henry KingWas chewing little bits of String.At last he swallowed some which tiedItself in ugly Knots inside.Physicians of the..
© Hilaire Belloc
Ha'Nacker Mill
Sally is gone that was so kindly,Sally is gone from Ha'nacker HillAnd the Briar grows ever since then so blindly;And ever since then the clapper is..
© Hilaire Belloc
Habitations
Kings live in Palaces, and Pigs in sties,And youth in Expectation. Youth is wise.
© Hilaire Belloc
Godolphin Horne
Who was cursed with the Sin of Pride, and Became a Boot-Black.Godolphin Horne was Nobly Born;He held the Human Race in Scorn,And lived with all his..
© Hilaire Belloc