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Verses

Hilaire Belloc

Humor, Religion · English

Read by Larry Wilson, Matthew D. Robinson, Erin Stone, Sarah Brown, Marcia Eppich-Harris, Stefan Von Blon, Algy Pug, Rachel Marie, Erin Grassie, April6090, Slyma12, Lucretia B

A collection of poetry by Hilaire Belloc ranging from religious verses to drinking songs. - Summary by Larry Wilson

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  1. 1 00 - Dedication and Introduction 21:46
  2. 2 01 - To Dives 3:44
  3. 3 02 - Stanzas Written on Battersea Bridge During a South-Westerly Gale 2:34
  4. 4 03 - The South Country 2:44
  5. 5 04 - The Fanatic 3:03
  6. 6 05 - Noel 1:43
  7. 7 06 - The Early Morning 0:32
  8. 8 07 - The Birds 0:43
  9. 9 08 - Our Lord and Our Lady 1:14
  10. 10 09 - In a Boat 1:09
  11. 11 10 - Courtesy 1:24
  12. 12 11 - The Night 0:56
  13. 13 12 - The Leader 2:04
  14. 14 13 - A Bivouac 1:29
  15. 15 14 - To the Balliol Men Still in Africa 2:27
  16. 16 15 - Verses to a Lord 1:38
  17. 17 16 - The Rebel 1:42
  18. 18 17 - The Prophet Lost in the Hills at Evening 1:36
  19. 19 18 - Song 0:58
  20. 20 19 - The Ring 1:07
  21. 21 20 - Cuckoo 1:14
  22. 22 21 - The Mirror 0:54
  23. 23 22 - The Little Serving Maid 1:46
  24. 24 23 - The End of the Road 3:00
  25. 25 24 - Auvergnat 0:57
  26. 26 25 - Drinking Song 1:18
  27. 27 26 - Drinking Dirge 1:56
  28. 28 27 - West Sussex Drinking Song 1:35
  29. 29 28 - A Ballad on Sociological Economics 0:38
  30. 30 29 - An Oracle That Warned the Writer When on Pilgrimage 1:18
  31. 31 30 - Heretics All 1:30
  32. 32 31 - The Death and Last Confession of Wandering     2:12
  33. 33 32 - Dedicatory Ode [read footnotes] 8:17
  34. 34 33 - Dedication on the Gift of a Book to a Child 1:03
  35. 35 34 - Dedication of a Child’s Book of Imaginary 0:40
  36. 36 35 - Homage 0:52
  37. 37 36 - Fille-la-Haine 1:10
  38. 38 37 - The Moon’s Funeral 1:29
  39. 39 38 - The Happy Journalist 1:23
  40. 40 39 - Lines to a Don 3:09
  41. 41 40 - Newdigate Poem 7:55
  42. 42 41 - The Yellow Mustard 1:12
  43. 43 42 - On Hygiene 0:34
  44. 44 43 - The False Heart 0:43
  45. 45 44 - Sonnet upon God the Wine-Giver 1:18
  46. 46 45 - The Politician or the Irish Earldom 2:14
  47. 47 46 - Short Ballad and Postscript on Consols 2:36

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