Torture will give a dozen pence or more To keep a drab from bawling at his door. The public taste is quite a different thing -- Torture is positively paid to sing.
Ten Epigrams by Hilaire Belloc
Song Cycle by Archie James Potter (b. 1918)
?. On Torture: a public singer  [sung text not yet checked]
Text Authorship:
- by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953), "On Torture: a public singer", appears in Verses and Sonnets, first published 1896
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]?. On mundane acquaintances  [sung text not yet checked]
Good morning, Algernon: Good morning, Percy. Good morning, Mrs. Roebeck. Christ have mercy!
Text Authorship:
- by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953), "On Mundane Acquaintances", appears in Sonnets and Verse (1923), first published 1923
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]?. On his books  [sung text not yet checked]
When I am dead, I hope it may be said: "His sins were scarlet, but his books were read."
Text Authorship:
- by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953), "On his books", appears in Sonnets and Verse (1923), first published 1923
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]?. On vital statistics  [sung text not yet checked]
Ill fares the land to hast'ning ills a prey (1) Where wealth accumulates and men decay.' But how much more unfortunate are those Where wealth declines and population grows! (1) This line is execrable; and I note it. I quote it as the faulty poet wrote it.
Text Authorship:
- by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953), "On vital statistics", appears in Sonnets and Verse (1938), first published 1938
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Note: first two lines quote Oliver Goldsmith.First published <<1922
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?. On a General Election  [sung text not yet checked]
The accursed power which stands on Privilege (And goes with Women, and Champagne and Bridge) Broke and Democracy resumed her reign: (Which goes with Bridge, and Women and Champagne)
Text Authorship:
- by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953), "On a General Election", appears in Sonnets and Verse (1923), first published 1923
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]?. On Noman: a Guest  [sung text not yet checked]
Dear Mr Noman, does it ever strike you, The more we see of you, the less we like you?
Text Authorship:
- by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953), "On Noman: a Guest", appears in Sonnets and Verse (1923), first published 1923
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]?. On Lady Poltagrue  [sung text not yet checked]
The Devil, having nothing else to do, Went off to tempt My Lady Poltagrue. My Lady, tempted by a private whim, To his extreme annoyance, tempted him.
Text Authorship:
- by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953), "On Lady Poltagrue, a Public Peril", appears in Sonnets and Verse (1923), first published 1923
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]?. On the Death of a Politician  [sung text not yet checked]
Here richly, with ridiculous display, The Politician's corpse was laid away. While all of his acquaintance sneered and slanged I wept : for I had longed to see him hanged.
Text Authorship:
- by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953), "Epitaph on the Politician Himself"
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]?. On Fatigue  [sung text not yet checked]
I'm tired of Love: I'm still more tired of Rhyme. But Money gives me pleasure all the time.
Text Authorship:
- by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953), "Fatigue", appears in Sonnets and Verse (1923), first published 1923
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]?. On a Puritan  [sung text not yet checked]
He served his God so faithfully and well That now he sees him face to face, in hell.
Text Authorship:
- by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953), "On a Puritan", appears in Sonnets and Verse (1923), first published 1938
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]