The chief defect of Henry King Was chewing little · Hilaire Belloc

Matilda told such dreadful lies, It made one gasp

The chief defect of Henry King Was chewing little bits of string.

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Hilaire Belloc

1870-07-27 — 1953-07-16 · La Celle-Saint-Cloud

Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc was a prolific Anglo-French writer, historian, poet, and political activist. Known for his witty and often controversial writings, Belloc produced an enormous body of work across various genres, including essays, novels, historical studies, and humorous verse. He was a devout Catholic and a staunch critic of secularism and socialism, advocating for a distributist economic model. His poems, particularly those with a satirical or nonsensical bent, remain popular.