English Poetry. Hilaire Belloc. On Torture: A Public Singer. Хилар Беллок.

Hilaire Belloc (Хилар Беллок)

On Torture: A Public Singer

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.

Hilaire Belloc’s other poems:

1. Ha’nacker Mill
2. Time Cures All
3. Hildebrand
4. Lines For A Christmas Card
5. Heretics All

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