Social Commentaries
A Moral Alphabet: X
From A Moral Alphabet (1899)
Social Commentaries
X
No reasonable little Child expects
A Grown-up Man to make a rhyme on X.
MORAL.
These verses teach a clever child to find
Excuse for doing all that he's inclined.
Cite this poem
MLA
Belloc, Hilaire. “A Moral Alphabet: X.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/54/.
Chicago
Belloc, Hilaire. “A Moral Alphabet: X.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/54/.
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