Social Commentaries

Epitaph on the Favourite Dog of a Politician

by Hilaire Belloc 1870–1953

From Sonnets and Verse (1923)

Social Commentaries

Here lies a Dog: may every Dog that dies
Lie in security--as this Dog lies.

MLA

Belloc, Hilaire. “Epitaph on the Favourite Dog of a Politician.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/165/.

Chicago

Belloc, Hilaire. “Epitaph on the Favourite Dog of a Politician.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/165/.

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