Hilaire Belloc (Хилар Беллок)

The Bison

The Bison is vain, and (I write it with pain)
   The Door-mat you see on his head
Is not, as some learned professors maintain,   
The opulent growth of a genius’ brain;
   But is sewn on with needle and thread.

1. The Rebel
2. Ballade of Modest Confession
3. On the Gift of a Book to a Child
4. Sarah Byng, Who Could Not Read and Was Tossed into a Thorny Hedge by a Bull
5. On Torture: A Public Singer

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