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Hillaire Belloc

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Hillaire Belloc (1870-1953)An almost obligatory reading. If there is a category of poems that are simply a pleasure to read aloud, this is one of them.  What elevates it above a clever piece of rhyming is the last section.  The opening is famous, the sudden shift of gear into the ending is perhaps not so well known.

Hillaire Belloc (1870-1953)An almost obligatory reading. If there is a category of poems that are simply a pleasure to read aloud, this is one of them. What elevates it above a clever piece of rhyming is the last section. The opening is famous, the sudden shift of gear into the ending is perhaps not so well known.

Hillaire Belloc's 'Tarantella'