# Verses

An audiobook by Hilaire Belloc, read by LibriVox volunteers (1 h 47 min, English).

A collection of poetry by Hilaire Belloc ranging from religious verses to drinking songs. - Summary by Larry Wilson

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## Chapters

0. Dedication and Introduction (21:46): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_00_belloc_64kb.mp3
1. To Dives (3:44): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_01_belloc_64kb.mp3
2. Stanzas Written on Battersea Bridge During a South-Westerly Gale (2:34): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_02_belloc_64kb.mp3
3. The South Country (2:44): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_03_belloc_64kb.mp3
4. The Fanatic (3:03): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_04_belloc_64kb.mp3
5. Noel (1:43): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_05_belloc_64kb.mp3
6. The Early Morning (0:32): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_06_belloc_64kb.mp3
7. The Birds (0:43): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_07_belloc_64kb.mp3
8. Our Lord and Our Lady (1:14): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_08_belloc_64kb.mp3
9. In a Boat (1:09): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_09_belloc_64kb.mp3
10. Courtesy (1:24): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_10_belloc_64kb.mp3
11. The Night (0:56): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_11_belloc_64kb.mp3
12. The Leader (2:04): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_12_belloc_64kb.mp3
13. A Bivouac (1:29): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_13_belloc_64kb.mp3
14. To the Balliol Men Still in Africa (2:27): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_14_belloc_64kb.mp3
15. Verses to a Lord (1:38): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_15_belloc_64kb.mp3
16. The Rebel (1:42): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_16_belloc_64kb.mp3
17. The Prophet Lost in the Hills at Evening (1:36): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_17_belloc_64kb.mp3
18. Song (0:58): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_18_belloc_64kb.mp3
19. The Ring (1:07): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_19_belloc_64kb.mp3
20. Cuckoo (1:14): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_20_belloc_64kb.mp3
21. The Mirror (0:54): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_21_belloc_64kb.mp3
22. The Little Serving Maid (1:46): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_22_belloc_64kb.mp3
23. The End of the Road (3:00): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_23_belloc_64kb.mp3
24. Auvergnat (0:57): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_24_belloc_64kb.mp3
25. Drinking Song (1:18): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_25_belloc_64kb.mp3
26. Drinking Dirge (1:56): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_26_belloc_64kb.mp3
27. West Sussex Drinking Song (1:35): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_27_belloc_64kb.mp3
28. A Ballad on Sociological Economics (0:38): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_28_belloc_64kb.mp3
29. An Oracle That Warned the Writer When on Pilgrimage (1:18): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_29_belloc_64kb.mp3
30. Heretics All (1:29): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_30_belloc_64kb.mp3
31. The Death and Last Confession of Wandering (2:12): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_31_belloc_64kb.mp3
32. Dedicatory Ode \[read footnotes\] (8:17): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_32_belloc_64kb.mp3
33. Dedication on the Gift of a Book to a Child (1:03): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_33_belloc_64kb.mp3
34. Dedication of a Child’s Book of Imaginary (0:40): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_34_belloc_64kb.mp3
35. Homage (0:52): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_35_belloc_64kb.mp3
36. Fille-la-Haine (1:10): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_36_belloc_64kb.mp3
37. The Moon’s Funeral (1:29): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_37_belloc_64kb.mp3
38. The Happy Journalist (1:23): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_38_belloc_64kb.mp3
39. Lines to a Don (3:09): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_39_belloc_64kb.mp3
40. Newdigate Poem (7:55): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_40_belloc_64kb.mp3
41. The Yellow Mustard (1:12): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_41_belloc_64kb.mp3
42. On Hygiene (0:34): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_42_belloc_64kb.mp3
43. The False Heart (0:43): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_43_belloc_64kb.mp3
44. Sonnet upon God the Wine-Giver (1:18): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_44_belloc_64kb.mp3
45. The Politician or the Irish Earldom (2:14): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_45_belloc_64kb.mp3
46. Short Ballad and Postscript on Consols (2:36): https://archive.org/download/verses_2001_librivox/verses_46_belloc_64kb.mp3