Contents ▼▲
Front Matter A for Archibald B for Bear C for Cobra D for Dreadful E for Egg F for Family G for Gnu H for Horseman I for Indian J for James K for Klondyke L for Lady M for Millionaire N for Ned O for Oxford P for Pig Q for Quinine R for Reviewer S for Snail T for Tourist U for Upas Tree V for Volunteer W for Waterbeetle X for Nothing Important Y for Youth Z for Zebu

Moral Alphabet - Hilaire Belloc




X For Nothing

No reasonable little Child expects
A Grown-up Man to make a rhyme on

X

.
[Illustration] from A Moral Alphabet by Hilaire Belloc

Moral


These verses teach a clever child to find

Excuse for doing all that he's inclined.