The Scorpion is as black as soot,
He dearly loves to bite;
He is a most unpleasant brute
To find in bed at night.

(C) Hilaire Belloc
01/01/2000


Best Poems of Hilaire Belloc

• Juliet
• The Dromedary
• Henry King
• Song
• Jim
• Heretics All
• The Big Baboon
• Algernon
• The Gnu
• Fatigue
• Time Cures All
• The Elm
• An Author-s Hope
• Lord Lundy
• Hildebrand
• The Mirror
• Courtesy
• Habitations
• Epitah On The Politician Himself
• The World Is Full Of Double Beds
• The Llama