English Poetry. Hilaire Belloc. The Big Baboon. Хилар Беллок.

Hilaire Belloc (Хилар Беллок)

The Big Baboon

The Big Baboon is found upon
The plains of Cariboo:
He goes about with nothing on
(A shocking thing to do).

But if he dressed up respectably
And let his whiskers grow,
How like this Big Baboon would be
To Mister So-and-so!

Hilaire Belloc’s other poems:

1. On Torture: A Public Singer
2. Ha’nacker Mill
3. Time Cures All
4. Hildebrand
5. Lines For A Christmas Card

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