Social Commentaries

Another on the Same

by Hilaire Belloc 1870–1953

From Sonnets and Verse (1923)

Social Commentaries

This, the last ornament among the peers,
Bribed, bullied, swindled and blackmailed for years:
But Death’s what even Politicians fail
To bribe or swindle, bully or blackmail.

MLA

Belloc, Hilaire. “Another on the Same.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/167/.

Chicago

Belloc, Hilaire. “Another on the Same.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/167/.

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