The Vulture
The Vulture eats between his meals
And that’s the reason why
He very, very rarely feels
As well as you and I.
His eye is dull, his head is bald,
His neck is growing thinner.
Oh! what a lesson for us all
To only eat at dinner!
by Hilaire Belloc
Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc, also known simply as Hilaire Belloc, was born on 27 July 1870 in La Celle-Saint Cloud, Seine-et-Oise, France. He was Catholic by faith. He moved to England in 1878, and became a naturalized citizen in 1902, but retained both French and British citizenship. He was married to Elodie Agnes Hogan in 1896. He became a soldier, a sailor, an orator, a writer, a poet, an essayist, a novelist, a satirist, and a historian. He was President of the Oxford Union, and later a Member of Parliament for Salford (1906 - 1910). Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc passed on at 82 years of age on 16 July 1953 in Guildford, Surrey, England.
The Vulture eats between his meals
And that’s the reason why
He very, very rarely feels
As well as you and I.
His eye is dull, his head is bald,
His neck is growing thinner.
Oh! what a lesson for us all
To only eat at dinner!
by Hilaire Belloc
Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc, also known simply as Hilaire Belloc, was born on 27 July 1870 in La Celle-Saint Cloud, Seine-et-Oise, France. He was Catholic by faith. He moved to England in 1878, and became a naturalized citizen in 1902, but retained both French and British citizenship. He was married to Elodie Agnes Hogan in 1896. He became a soldier, a sailor, an orator, a writer, a poet, an essayist, a novelist, a satirist, and a historian. He was President of the Oxford Union, and later a Member of Parliament for Salford (1906 - 1910). Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc passed on at 82 years of age on 16 July 1953 in Guildford, Surrey, England.
