Hilaire Belloc
1870 - 1953
Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc was a French-English writer and political activist. Belloc was considered one of the most versatile authors of the 20th century, producing essays on history, politics and economics as well as poetry, travelogues and satire. His Catholicism had a strong effect on his works.Poems
- Matilda Who told Lies, and was Burned to Death
- Rebecca Who Slammed Doors for Fun and Perished Miserably
- Jim
- Cautionary Tales for Children: Introduction
- Henry King,{ Who chewed bits of String, and was cut off in Dreadful Agonies}
- Tarantella
- George, Who played with a Dangerous Toy, and suffered a Catastrophe of considerable Dimensions
- Charles Augustus Fortescue, Who always Did what was Right, and so accumulated an Immense Fortune
- Franklin Hyde
- The Early Morning
- Ballade to Our Lady of Czestochowa
- Heroic Poem in Praise of Wine