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    Verses and Sonnets
    Verses and Sonnets
    Verses and Sonnets
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    Verses and Sonnets

    By Hilaire Belloc

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateNov 19, 2019
    ISBN4057664148339
    Verses and Sonnets
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    Hilaire Belloc

    Hilaire Belloc was born in France in 1870. As a child, he moved with his mother and siblings to England. As a French citizen, he did his military service in France before going to Oxford University, where he was president of the Union debating society. He took British citizenship in 1902 and was a member of parliament for several years. A prolific and versatile writer of over 150 books, he is best remembered for his comic and light verse. But he also wrote extensively about politics, history, nature and contemporary society. Famously adversarial, he is remembered for his long-running feud with H. G. Wells. He died in in Surrey, England, in 1953.

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      Verses and Sonnets - Hilaire Belloc

      Hilaire Belloc

      Verses and Sonnets

      Published by Good Press, 2019

      goodpress@okpublishing.info

      EAN 4057664148339

      Table of Contents

      VERSES.

      THE NIGHT.

      HOMAGE.

      CUCKOO!

      SONNETS.

      THE HARBOUR.

      HER YOUTH.

      LOVE AND HONOUR.

      HER MUSIC.

      HER FAITH.

      HER GIFT IN A GARDEN.

      THE CHECK.

      THE POOR OF LONDON.

      GROTESQUES.

      NOËL.

      THE EARLY MORNING.

      AUVERGNAT.

      THE WORLD’S END.

      FILLE-LA-HAINE.

      THE MOON’S FUNERAL.

      THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

      EPIGRAMS.

      ON PERKINS—AN ACTOR.

      ON SLOP—A POET.

      ON TORTURE—A SINGER.

      ON SUBTLE—A REVIEWER.

      ON PAUNCH—A PARASITE.

      ON PUGLEY—A DON.

      SONNETS OF THE TWELVE MONTHS.

      JANUARY.

      FEBRUARY.

      MARCH.

      APRIL.

      MAY.

      JUNE.

      JULY.

      AUGUST.

      SEPTEMBER.

      OCTOBER.

      NOVEMBER.

      DECEMBER.

      VERSES.

      Table of Contents

      THE NIGHT.

      Table of Contents

      Most holy Night, that still dost keep

      The keys of all the doors of sleep,

      To me when my tired eyelids close

      Give thou repose.

      And let the far lament of them

      That chaunt the dead day’s requiem

      Make in my ears, who wakeful lie,

      Soft lullaby.

      Bid them that guard the sacred moon

      By my bedside their memories

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