Hildebrand

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Title:     Hildebrand
Author: Hilaire Belloc [More Titles by Belloc]

Who was frightened by a Passing Motor, and was brought to Reason.

 

"Oh, Murder! What was that, Papa!"
"My child, it was a Motor-Car,
A Most Ingenious Toy!
Designed to Captivate and Charm
Much rather than to rouse Alarm
In any English Boy.

"What would your Great Grandfather who
Was Aide-de-Camp to General Brue,
And lost a leg at Waterloo,
And Quatre-Bras and Ligny too!
And died at Trafalgar!--

What would he have remarked to hear
His Young Descendant shriek with fear,
Because he happened to be near a Harmless Motor-Car!
But do not fret about it! Come!
We'll off to Town and purchase some!"

[The end]
Hilaire Belloc's poem: Hildebrand

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