Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHARLES AUGUSTUS FORTESCUE, by HILAIRE BELLOC Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The nicest child I ever knew Last Line: Simply doing right. Alternate Author Name(s): Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature | ||||||||
Who always Did what was Right, and so accumulated an Immense Fortune The nicest child I ever knew Was Charles Augustus Fortescue. He never lost his cap, or tore His stockings or his pinafore: In eating Bread he made no Crumbs, He was extremely fond of sums, To which, however, he preferred The Parsing of a Latin Word -- He sought, when it was in his power, For information twice an hour, And as for finding Mutton-Fat Unappetising, far from that! He often, at his Father's Board, Would beg them, of his own accord, To give him, if they did not mind, The Greasiest Morsels they could find -- His Later Years did not belie The Promise of his Infancy. In Public Life he always tried To take a judgment Broad and Wide; In Private, none was more than he Renowned for quiet courtesy. He rose at once in his Career, And long before his Fortieth Year Had wedded Fifi, Only child Of Bunyan, First Lord Aberfylde. He thus became immensely Rich, And built the Splendid Mansion which Is called "The Cedars, Muswell Hill," Where he resides in Affluence still, To show what Everybody might Become by SIMPLY DOING RIGHT. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ONE WHO WAS DIFFERENT by RANDALL JARRELL END OF THE WORLD by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE ANSWER by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE BROKEN BALANCE by ROBINSON JEFFERS TIME OF DISTURBANCE by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE UNCHANGEABLE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |
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