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Matilda (1907)Hilaire BellocMatilda told such Dreadful Lies,It made one Gasp and Stretch one’s Eyes;Her Aunt, who, from her Earliest Youth,Had kept a Strict Regard for Truth,Attempted to Believe Matilda:The effort very nearly killed her,And would have done so, had not SheDiscovered this Infirmity.For once, towards the Close of Day,Matilda, growing tired of play,And finding sheContinue reading “Matilda : Hilaire Belloc : : Children’s Poems : :”