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A collection of poetry by Hilaire Belloc ranging from religious verses to drinking songs. - Summary by Larry Wilson (1 hr 47 min)

Chapters

Dedication and Introduction 21:46 Read by Larry Wilson
To Dives 3:44 Read by Matthew D. Robinson
Stanzas Written on Battersea Bridge During a South-Westerly Gale 2:34 Read by Erin Stone
The South Country 2:44 Read by Sarah Brown
The Fanatic 3:03 Read by Erin Stone
Noel 1:43 Read by Larry Wilson
The Early Morning 0:32 Read by Larry Wilson
The Birds 0:43 Read by Larry Wilson
Our Lord and Our Lady 1:14 Read by Larry Wilson
In a Boat 1:09 Read by Marcia Eppich-Harris
Courtesy 1:24 Read by Erin Stone
The Night 0:56 Read by Larry Wilson
The Leader 2:04 Read by Marcia Eppich-Harris
A Bivouac 1:29 Read by Stefan Von Blon
To the Balliol Men Still in Africa 2:27 Read by Algy Pug
Verses to a Lord 1:38 Read by Algy Pug
The Rebel 1:42 Read by Erin Stone
The Prophet Lost in the Hills at Evening 1:36 Read by Larry Wilson
Song 0:58 Read by Rachel Marie
The Ring 1:07 Read by Rachel Marie
Cuckoo 1:14 Read by Stefan Von Blon
The Mirror 0:54 Read by Stefan Von Blon
The Little Serving Maid 1:46 Read by Rachel Marie
The End of the Road 3:00 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Auvergnat 0:57 Read by Erin Grassie
Drinking Song 1:18 Read by Sarah Brown
Drinking Dirge 1:56 Read by Algy Pug
West Sussex Drinking Song 1:35 Read by Erin Grassie
A Ballad on Sociological Economics 0:38 Read by Erin Stone
An Oracle That Warned the Writer When on Pilgrimage 1:18 Read by Larry Wilson
Heretics All 1:29 Read by Stefan Von Blon
The Death and Last Confession of Wandering 2:12 Read by Algy Pug
Dedicatory Ode [read footnotes] 8:17 Read by Algy Pug
Dedication on the Gift of a Book to a Child 1:03 Read by April6090
Dedication of a Child’s Book of Imaginary 0:40 Read by April6090
Homage 0:52 Read by Slyma12
Fille-la-Haine 1:10 Read by Slyma12
The Moon’s Funeral 1:29 Read by Larry Wilson
The Happy Journalist 1:23 Read by April6090
Lines to a Don 3:09 Read by Larry Wilson
Newdigate Poem 7:55 Read by Lucretia B.
The Yellow Mustard 1:12 Read by Slyma12
On Hygiene 0:34 Read by Algy Pug
The False Heart 0:43 Read by Algy Pug
Sonnet upon God the Wine-Giver 1:18 Read by Algy Pug
The Politician or the Irish Earldom 2:14 Read by Algy Pug
Short Ballad and Postscript on Consols 2:36 Read by Algy Pug