Born in a Village near Paris in eighteen seventy and he went to the Reaper in nineteen fifty three br And in his most amazing life he was for awhile a British M P br But it is mostly as a great writer that he is remembered today br He may be dead for half of a century but his genius with us will stay. br br He had feelings and he had humour he was everybodys poet br At poetry readings and literary gatherings lines from him young writers quote br A down to earth sort of a fellow though he scaled the heights of literary fame br One of literatures great characters Hilaire Belloc was his name br br He lampooned the upper classes which hurt his literary career br Yet in death the fame of Hilaire Belloc is growing a little every year br In his Cautionary Tales and Children Verses mirth and humour does abound br Amongst the humorists of literature better than him not to be found. br br Hilaire Belloc still a legend his works doesn't have a use by date br In the annals of prose and poetry he lives as an all time great br One of the great writers of his era in literarures golden time br And known to be as great as any when he was in his literary prime.