Moral Alphabet - Hilaire Belloc




H For Horseman

H was a horseman

[Illustration] from A Moral Alphabet by Hilaire Belloc

who rode to the meet,

And talked of the Pads of the fox as his "feet"—

An error which furnished subscribers with grounds

For refusing to make him a Master of Hounds.


He gave way thereupon to so fearful a rage,

That he sold up his Stable and went on the Stage,

And had all the success that a man could desire

In creating the Part of

[Illustration] from A Moral Alphabet by Hilaire Belloc
"The Old English Squire."

Moral


In the Learned Professions, a person should know

The advantage of having two strings to his bow.