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Poem by Hilaire Belloc


On His Books


When I am dead, I hope it may be said:
“His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.”



Hilaire Belloc


Hilaire Belloc's other poems:
  1. The Pelagian Drinking Song
  2. On the Ladies of Pixton
  3. The World Is Full of Double Beds
  4. The Bison
  5. Kings live in Palaces, and Pigs in sties


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