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Poem by Hilaire Belloc


The Lion


The Lion, the Lion, he dwells in the Waste,
He has a big head and a very small waist;
But his shoulders are stark, and his jaws they are grim,
And a good little child will not play with him.



Hilaire Belloc


Hilaire Belloc's other poems:
  1. Courtesy
  2. Ha’nacker Mill
  3. The Rebel
  4. Noël
  5. The Pelagian Drinking Song


Poems of the other poets with the same name:

  • William Morris The Lion ("The Beasts that be")
  • Oliver Herford The Lion ("The Lion does not move at all")

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