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by Hilaire Belloc

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The False Heart

I said to Heart, “How goes it?” Heart replied:
“Right as a Ribstone Pippin!” But it lied.


A critic said large margins did not please him,
I therefore printed just two lines, to tease him.
And if he still complains of what I’ve done,
In my next book I’ll fill a page with ONE.

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