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.

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2. On the Ladies of Pixton
3. The World Is Full of Double Beds
4. The Bison
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