Poem by Hilaire Belloc

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.

1. Courtesy
2. Ha’nacker Mill
3. The Rebel
4. Noël
5. Ballade of Modest Confession

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