Social Commentaries
The Statue
From Sonnets and Verse (1923)
Social Commentaries
When we are dead, some Hunting-boy will pass
And find a stone half-hidden in tall grass
And grey with age: but having seen that stone
(Which was your image), ride more slowly on.
Cite this poem
MLA
Belloc, Hilaire. “The Statue.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/164/.
Chicago
Belloc, Hilaire. “The Statue.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/164/.
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