Social Commentaries
A Moral Alphabet: Z
From A Moral Alphabet (1899)
Social Commentaries
Z for this Zébu, who (like all Zebús)
Is held divine by scrupulous Hindoos.
MORAL.
Idolatry, as you are well aware,
Is highly reprehensible. But there,
We needn't bother,--when we get to Z
Our interest in the Alphabet is dead.
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MLA
Belloc, Hilaire. “A Moral Alphabet: Z.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/56/.
Chicago
Belloc, Hilaire. “A Moral Alphabet: Z.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/56/.
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