Social Commentaries
A Dedication
From Sonnets and Verse (1923)
Social Commentaries
When you and I were little tiny boys
We took a most impertinent delight
In foolish, painted and misshapen toys
Which hidden mothers brought to us at night.
Do you that have the child’s diviner part--
The dear content a love familiar brings--
Take these imperfect toys, till in your heart
They too attain the form of perfect things.
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Belloc, Hilaire. “A Dedication.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/100/.
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Belloc, Hilaire. “A Dedication.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/100/.
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