Social Commentaries
A Moral Alphabet: H
From A Moral Alphabet (1899)
H was a Horseman who rode to the meet,
And talked of the Pads of the fox as his "feet"--
An error which furnished subscribers with grounds
For refusing to make him a Master of Hounds.
He gave way thereupon to so fearful a rage,
That he sold up his Stable and went on the Stage,
And had all the success that a man could desire
In creating the Part of "The Old English Squire."
MORAL.
In the Learned Professions, a person should know
The advantage of having two strings to his bow.
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MLA
Belloc, Hilaire. “A Moral Alphabet: H.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/38/.
Chicago
Belloc, Hilaire. “A Moral Alphabet: H.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/38/.
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