Pale Ebenezer thought it wrong to fight,
But Roaring Bill (who killed him) thought it right.
| About the poet | 
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| By the same poet | 
| The Garden Party | 
| The False Heart | 
| Jim, Who Ran away from his Nurse, and was Eaten by a Lion | 
| Matilda, Who told Lies, and was Burned to Death | 
| Rebecca, Who Slammed Doors for Fun and Perished Miserably | 
| Related books | 
| Hilaire Belloc at amazon.co.uk | 
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