Cautionary Verses - Hilare Belloc

Algernon, Who Played With A Loaded Gun, And, On Missing His Sister, Was Reprimanded By His Father

The Example

About John, Who Lost A Fortune By Throwing Stones

Jim, Who Ran Away From His Nurse, And Was Eaten By A Lion

Maria, Who Made Faces And A Deplorable Marriage

Henry King, Who Chewed Bits Of String, And Was Early Cut Off In Dreadful Agonies

Charles Augustus Fortescue, Who Always Did What Was Right, And So Accumulated An Immense Fortune

Sarah Byng, Who Could Not Read And Was Tossed Into A Thorny Hedge By A Bull

Jack And His Pony, Tom

Tom And His Pony, Jack

Lord Lundy, Who Was Too Freely Moved To Tears, And Thereby Ruined His Political Career; Lord Lundy (Second Canto)

Matilda, Who told Lies, And Was Burned To Death

Godolphin Horne, Who Was Cursed With The Sin Of Pride, And Became A BootBlack

George, Who Played With A Dangerous Toy, And Suffered A Catastrophe Of Considerable Dimensions

The Garden Party