Social Commentaries
A Moral Alphabet: C
From A Moral Alphabet (1899)
Social Commentaries
C stands for Cobra; when the Cobra bites
An Indian Judge, the Judge spends restless nights.
MORAL.
This creature, though disgusting and appalling,
Conveys no kind of Moral worth recalling.
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MLA
Belloc, Hilaire. “A Moral Alphabet: C.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/33/.
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Belloc, Hilaire. “A Moral Alphabet: C.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/33/.
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