Hilaire Belloc Poems

Because my faltering feet may fail to dare
The first descendant of the steps of Hell
Give me the Word in time that triumphs there.
I too must pass into the misty hollow
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The Chief Defect of Henry King
Was chewing little bits of String.
At last he swallowed some which tied
Itself in ugly Knots inside.
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Inviting the influence of a young lady upon the opening year

You wear the morning like your dress
And are with mastery crown’d;
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I

Lady and Queen and Mystery manifold
And very Regent of the untroubled sky,
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Ill fares the land to hast'ning ills a prey (1)
Where wealth accumulates and men decay.'
But how much more unfortunate are those
Where wealth declines and population grows!
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