Social Commentaries

The Polar Bear

by Hilaire Belloc 1870–1953

From The Bad Child's Book of Beasts (1896)

Social Commentaries

The Polar Bear is unaware
Of cold that cuts me through:
For why? He has a coat of hair.
I wish I had one too!

MLA

Belloc, Hilaire. “The Polar Bear.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/61/.

Chicago

Belloc, Hilaire. “The Polar Bear.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/61/.

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