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Hilaire Belloc
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(1870 - 1953)
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Algernon
Young Algernon, the Doctor's Son,
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Ballade to Our Lady of Czestochowa
Lady and Queen and Mystery manifold
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Because My Faltering Feet
Because my faltering feet may fail to dare
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Big Baboon, The
The Big Baboon is found upon
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Birds, The
When Jesus Christ was four years old
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Catholic Sun, The
Wherever the Catholic sun doth shine,
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Charles Augustus Fortescue
The nicest child I ever knew
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Drinking Song, On the Excellence of Burgundy Wine
My jolly fat host with your face all a-grin,
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Dromedary, The
The Dromedary is a cheerful bird:
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Early Morning, The
The moon on the one hand, the dawn on the other:
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Elephant, The
When people call this beast to mind,
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Evenlode, The
I will not try to reach again,
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Franklin Hyde
His Uncle came upon Franklin Hyde
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Frog, The
Be kind and tender to the Frog,
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George
When George's Grandmamma was told
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Godolphin Horne
Godolphin Horne was Nobly Born;
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Ha'nacker Mill
Sally is gone that was so kindly,
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Henry King
The Chief Defect of Henry King
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Heretics All
Heretics all, whoever you may be,
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Heroic Poem in Praise of Wine
To exalt, enthrone, establish and defend,
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Hildebrand
"Oh murder! What was that, Papa!"
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Hippopotamus, The
I shoot the Hippopotamus
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Is there any reward?
Is there any reward?
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Jim
There was a Boy whose name was Jim;
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Juliet
How did the party go in Portman Square?
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Lines For A Christmas Card
May all my enemies go to hell,
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Lines to a Don
Remote and ineffectual Don
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Lion, The
The Lion, the Lion, he dwells in the Waste,
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Lord Finchley
Lord Finchley tried to mend the Electric Light
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Lord Lundy
Lord Lundy from his earliest years
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Marmozet, The
The species Man and Marmozet
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Microbe, The
The Microbe is so very small
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Night, The
Most Holy Night, that still dost keep
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October
Look, how those steep woods on the mountain's face
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Pelagian Drinking Song, The
Pelagius lived at Kardanoel
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Rebecca
A trick that everyone abhors
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Scorpion, The
The Scorpion is as black as soot,
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Song
You wear the morning like your dress
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South Country, The
When I am living in the Midlands
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Tarantella
Do you remember an Inn,
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Tiger, The
The tiger, on the other hand,
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Vulture, The
The Vulture eats between his meals,
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Whale, The
The Whale that wanders round the Pole
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Yak, The
As a friend to the children commend me the Yak.
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