Social Commentaries
Lord Canton
From More Peers (1911)
Social Commentaries
The reason that the Present Lord Canton
Succeeded lately to his Brother John
Was that his Brother John, the elder son,
Died rather suddenly at forty-one.
The insolence of an Italian guide
Appears to be the reason that he died.
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Belloc, Hilaire. “Lord Canton.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/98/.
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Belloc, Hilaire. “Lord Canton.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/98/.
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