When I am living in the Midlands 
 That are sodden and unkind, 
I light my lamp in the evening: 
 My work is left behind; 
And the great hills of the South Country 
 Come back into my mind. 

The great hills of the South Country 
 They stand along the sea; 
And it's there walking in the high woods 
 That I could wish to be, 
And the men that were boys when I was a boy 
 Walking along with me. 

The men that live in North England 
 I saw them for a day: 
Their hearts are set upon the waste fells, 
 Their skies are fast and grey; 
From their castle-walls a man may see 
 The mountains far away. 

The men that live in West England 
 They see the Severn strong, 
A-rolling on rough water brown 
 Light aspen leaves along. 
They have the secret of the Rocks, 
 And the oldest kind of song. 

But the men that live in the South Country 
 Are the kindest and most wise, 
They get their laughter from the loud surf, 
 And the faith in their happy eyes 
Comes surely from our Sister the Spring 
 When over the sea she flies; 
The violets suddenly bloom at her feet, 
 She blesses us with surprise. 

I never get between the pines 
 But I smell the Sussex air; 
Nor I never come on a belt of sand 
 But my home is there. 
And along the sky the line of the Downs 
 So noble and so bare. 

A lost thing could I never find, 
 Nor a broken thing mend: 
And I fear I shall be all alone 
 When I get towards the end. 
Who will there be to comfort me 
 Or who will be my friend? 

I will gather and carefully make my friends 
 Of the men of the Sussex Weald; 
They watch the stars from silent folds, 
 They stiffly plough the field. 
By them and the God of the South Country 
 My poor soul shall be healed. 

If I ever become a rich man, 
 Or if ever I grow to be old, 
I will build a house with deep thatch 
 To shelter me from the cold, 
And there shall the Sussex songs be sung 
 And the story of Sussex told. 

I will hold my house in the high wood 
 Within a walk of the sea, 
And the men that were boys when I was a boy 
 Shall sit and drink with me. 

 
Quand j'habite dans les Midlands qui sont détrempés et unkind, 
j'allume ma lampe en soirée: Mon travail est laissé; Et les 
grandes collines du pays du sud reviennent dans mon esprit. 

Les grandes collines du pays du sud qu'elles se tiennent le long de la 
mer; Et elle marche là dans les hauts bois que je pourrais souhaiter 
pour être, et les hommes qui étaient des garçons quand j'étais un 
garçon marchant avec moi. 

Les hommes qui habitent en Angleterre du nord je les ont vus pendant 
un jour: Leurs coeurs sont placés sur les fells de rebut, leurs 
cieux sont rapides et gris; De leurs château-murs un homme peut voir 
les montagnes loin loin. 

Les hommes qui habitent en Angleterre occidentale qu'ils voient le 
Severn fort, Un-roulement sur les feuilles rugueuses de tremble de 
lumière de brun de l'eau le long. Elles ont le secret des roches, et 
le genre le plus ancien de chanson. 

Mais les hommes qui vivent dans le pays du sud sont les plus aimables 
et les plus sages, ils obtiennent leur rire de la vague déferlante 
forte, et la foi dans leurs yeux heureux vient sûrement de notre 
soeur le ressort où au-dessus de la mer elle vole; Les violettes 
fleurissent soudainement à ses pieds, elle nous bénit avec surprise. 

Je n'obtiens jamais entre les pins mais je sens l'air du Sussex; Ni 
je ne viens jamais sur une ceinture du sable mais ma maison est là. 
Et le long du ciel la ligne des bas si nobles et si nus. 

Une chose perdue pourrait je ne trouvent jamais, ni une chose cassée 
réparent: Et je crains que je sois tout seul quand j'obtiens vers 
l'extrémité. Qui sera là de me soulager ou qui être mon ami ? 

Je recueillerai et ferai soigneusement mes amis des hommes du Sussex 
Weald; Ils observent les étoiles des plis silencieux, ils labourent 
raidement le champ. Par eux et Dieu du pays du sud ma âme faible sera 
guérie. 

Si je deviens jamais un homme riche, ou si jamais je deviens sois 
vieux, je construirai une maison avec la chaume profonde pour 
m'abriter du froid, et là les chansons du Sussex seront chantées et 
l'histoire du Sussex sera dite. 

Je tiendrai ma maison dans le haut bois dans une promenade de la mer, 
et les hommes qui étaient des garçons quand j'étais un garçon 
s'assiéront et boiront avec moi. 

 
Quando eu estou vivendo nos Midlands que são sodden e unkind, eu 
ilumino minha lâmpada na noite: Meu trabalho é deixado atrás; E os 
montes grandes do país sul voltam em minha mente. 

Os montes grandes do país que sul estão ao longo do mar; E está 
andando lá nas madeiras elevadas que eu poderia desejar ser, e nos 
homens que eram meninos quando eu era um menino que anda junto com 
mim. 

Os homens que vivem em Inglaterra norte mim viram-nos por um dia: Seus 
corações são ajustados em cima dos fells waste, seus céus são 
rápidos e cinza; De suas castelo-paredes um homem pode ver as 
montanhas distante afastado. 

Os homens que vivem em Inglaterra que ocidental vêem o Severn forte, 
Um-a-rolling nas folhas ásperas do álamo tremedor da luz do marrom 
da água longitudinalmente. Têm o segredo das rochas, e o tipo o mais 
velho da canção. 

Mas os homens que vivem no país sul são os mais amáveis e os mais 
sábios, eles começam seu laughter do surf alto, e a fé em seus 
olhos felizes vem certamente de nossa irmã a mola em que sobre o mar 
voa; As violetas florescem de repente em seus pés, ela blesses nos 
com surpresa. 

Eu nunca começo entre os pinhos mas eu cheiro o ar de Sussex; Nem eu 
nunca venho em uma correia da areia mas meu repouso está lá. E ao 
longo do céu a linha das penas assim nobres e assim desencapadas. 

Uma coisa perdida poderia mim nunca encontra, nem uma coisa quebrada 
emenda: E eu temo que eu estarei toda sozinho quando eu começo para a 
extremidade. Quem serão lá comfort me ou quem ser meu amigo? 

Eu recolherei e farei com cuidado meus amigos dos homens do Sussex 
Weald; Prestam atenção às estrelas das dobras silenciosas, eles 
plough dura o campo. Por eles e pelo deus do país sul minha alma 
pobre healed. 

Se eu me transformar sempre um homem rico, ou se sempre eu vier for 
velho, eu construirei uma casa com thatch profundo para proteger-me do 
frio, e lá as canções de Sussex serão cantadas e a história de 
Sussex será dita. 

Eu prenderei minha casa na madeira elevada dentro de uma caminhada do 
mar, e os homens que eram meninos quando eu era um menino 
sentar-se-ão e beber-se-ão com mim. 

 
Cuando estoy viviendo en los Midlands que son sodden y unkind, 
enciendo mi lámpara por la tarde: Mi trabajo se deja detrás; Y las 
grandes colinas del país del sur se vuelven en mi mente. 

Las grandes colinas del país del sur que están paradas a lo largo 
del mar; Y allí está caminando en las maderas altas que podría 
desear para ser, y los hombres que eran muchachos cuando era un 
muchacho que caminaba junto con mí. 

Los hombres que viven en Inglaterra del norte yo los vieron por un 
día: Sus corazones se fijan sobre los fells inútiles, sus cielos son 
rápidos y gris; De sus castillo-paredes un hombre puede ver las 
montañas lejos lejos. 

Los hombres que viven en Inglaterra del oeste que ven el Severn 
fuerte, Uno-balanceo en las hojas ásperas del álamo temblón de la 
luz del marrón del agua adelante. Tienen el secreto de las rocas, y 
la más vieja clase de canción. 

Pero los hombres que viven en el país del sur son el los más buenos 
y más sabios, ellos consiguen su risa de la resaca ruidosa, y la fe 
en sus ojos felices viene seguramente de nuestra hermana el resorte en 
que sobre el mar ella vuela; Las violetas florecen repentinamente en 
sus pies, ella nos bendicen con sorpresa. 

Nunca consigo entre los pinos pero huelo el aire de Sussex; Ni nunca 
vengo en una correa de la arena pero mi hogar está allí. Y a lo 
largo del cielo la línea de las llanuras tan nobles y tan peladas. 

Una cosa perdida podría yo nunca encuentra, ni una cosa quebrada 
repara: Y temo que esté todo solo cuando consigo hacia el extremo. 
¿Quién allí serán confortarme o quién ser mi amigo? 

Recolectaré y haré cuidadosamente a mis amigos de los hombres del 
Sussex Weald; Miran las estrellas de dobleces silenciosos, ellos aran 
tieso el campo. Por ellos y el dios del país del sur mi alma pobre 
será curada. 

Si hago siempre un hombre rico, o si vengo siempre sea viejo, 
construiré una casa con paja profunda para abrigarme del frío, y 
allí las canciones de Sussex serán cantadas y la historia de Sussex 
será contada. 

Sostendré mi casa en la madera alta dentro de una caminata del mar, y 
los hombres que eran muchachos cuando era un muchacho se sentarán y 
beberán con mí. 

(These are public search results on the terms: 'Hilaire Belloc: The South Country poem')

• The <b>Hilaire Belloc</b> Blog: Treasures in Trust on the Slindon Estate <b>...</b> by Hilaire Belloc (2013/05/07 15:28)

  Hilaire Belloc bought King's Land (in Shipley, Sussex), 5 acres and a working windmill for £1000 in 1907 and it was his home for the rest of his life. Belloc loved Sussex as few other writers have loved her: he lived there for ...
• The Real Blog: Windmills, UKIP and growing things by David Boyle (2013/05/07 02:14)

  And that is what I did yesterday in the sunshine, on the top of the South Downs, overlooking the Solent, right next to Halnaker Mill. Halnaker Mill is in Sussex and was immortalised in a melancholic poem by Hilaire Belloc, who saw its dilapidation as a symbol of the ruin of English agriculture - and therefore England itself. But it isn't ruined now. It is nicely painted in white, and ... Is England not a butter producing country.” It sounds modern, doesn't it. So I don't think this is ...
• The <b>Hilaire Belloc</b> Blog: The House of Commons and Monarchy... by Hilaire Belloc (2013/04/28 10:08)

  In 1920, ten years after Hilaire Belloc had stepped down from his four maturing years of publicly elected service in the House of Commons, he published a lucid book-length essay, entitled The House of Commons and .... As to another important quality of Elites, Belloc piquantly observed that, “at the time when the Aristocratic spirit was most vigorous,” (99) “we have seen, not only in our own, but in every other country” that a “ 'Representative' Assembly” itself “does only ...
• G.K. Chesterton: Chesterton on <b>Hilaire Belloc</b> by Thomas Yonan (2013/04/27 17:03)

  Chesterton on Hilaire Belloc. [Chesterton's introduction to Hilaire Belloc: The Man and His Work, by C. Creighton Mandell and Edward Shanks, 1916.] "WHEN I first met Belloc he remarked to the friend who introduced us that he was in low spirits. His low spirits ... The little restaurant to which we went had already become a haunt for three or four of us who held strong but unfashionable views about the South African War, which was then in its earliest prestige. Most of us ...
• &#39;Scratchbury Hill And Other <b>Poems</b> book downloads&#39;, nealmcnair&#39;s <b>...</b> by nealmcnair (2013/04/23 13:02)

  Thomas took the title of his collection from that of a poem in praise of the Sussex Downs by Hilaire Belloc, but himself extends the description to encompass ; all that country which is dominated by the Downs or by the . ... The South Country: Radio 3 - Caught by the RiverThough born in London of Welsh descent, Thomas lived for much of his adult life in Hampshire, and the atmosphere of the southern woods and hills in which he loved to walk is conveyed with as strong ...
• The <b>Hilaire Belloc</b> Blog: On Irony as the &#39;Avenger of Truth&#39; - James V <b>...</b> by Hilaire Belloc (2013/04/15 13:52)

  Hilaire Belloc bought King's Land (in Shipley, Sussex), 5 acres and a working windmill for £1000 in 1907 and it was his home for the rest of his life. Belloc loved Sussex as few other writers have loved her: he lived there for ...
• The <b>Hilaire Belloc</b> Blog: Paying homage to <b>Hilaire Belloc&#39;s</b> brief <b>...</b> by Hilaire Belloc (2013/04/03 13:05)

  Hilaire Belloc's brief essay, “A Few Kind Words to Mammon,” will exemplify and support such a view, and perhaps also chasten the spreading Mammonite Ethos to be seen today, for example, in the current and growing .... Nonetheless, in a certain way, our Narrator adds, “you are worshipped for your money,” not unlike “the worship men give to their country,” and we cannot justly or validly “shuffle out of this valuable truth” merely by pointing out a few exceptions.
• The <b>Hilaire Belloc</b> Blog: In the Peaks of Europe - The Secret of “The <b>...</b> by Hilaire Belloc (2013/03/12 16:41)

  Hilaire Belloc wrote this travelogue of his journey, all on foot, which started in Toul (where he had once been an artilleryman in the French Army) progressed through Switzerland and ended in Rome. ... Again, Belloc originally had his passage home booked for the 1st of July and it would have been an impossible schedule to attempt to walk seven hundred and fifty miles over difficult country in twenty four days from the 6th of June. ..... The South Downs Songs Project ...
• Sodden and unkind | Malcolm Redfellow&#39;s Home Service by Malcolm Redfellow (2013/03/10 07:46)

  Hilaire Belloc lauded The South Country. He meant, exclusively, Sussex. In his first four verses he slags off, successive: Lincolnshire … the Midlands That are sodden ... There's John Keegan (apparently of the “Queen's County”), from the first half of the 19th century (though his Legends and poems now first collected seemed unpublished before 1907). One chapter (page 361ff) is The Orangemans Tale, A Reminiscence of 1798, a story of misplaced love between the ...
• The <b>South Country</b> | Sarah C live from Essex by skarymary88 (2013/03/10 05:33)

  The South Country. A few Christmases ago, Rob bought me a set of poetry books. While browsing through them the other day I found a beautiful poem about Sussex which I thought I would share. The author is Hilaire Belloc ...
• The <b>Hilaire Belloc</b> Blog: On Getting Respected in Inns And Hotels <b>...</b> by Hilaire Belloc (2013/01/31 14:18)

  Hilaire Belloc bought King's Land (in Shipley, Sussex), 5 acres and a working windmill for £1000 in 1907 and it was his home for the rest of his life. Belloc loved Sussex as few other writers have loved her: he lived there for ...
• Exfoliations: <b>Hilaire Belloc</b> – Reputation and Reappraisal, by Jon <b>...</b> by Exfoliations (2013/01/20 06:07)

  Hilaire Belloc ... The controversial, not to say belligerent, character of some of Belloc's opinions has tended to obscure for contemporaries the noble purity of his prose and poetry. .... and an indefatigable walker, he was well travelled, not in the superficial, 'touristy', modern sense, but in the sense that he had truly come to know and understand countries other than his own, especially the Catholic countries of southern Europe: France, Spain, Italy and south Germany.
• <b>Hilaire Belloc</b> - New World Encyclopedia by unknown (2013/01/18 09:28)

  Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (July 27, 1870 – July 16, 1953) was a French-born writer who became a naturalized British subject in 1902. He was one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth ...
• The <b>Hilaire Belloc</b> Blog: Mike Hennessy&#39;s tour de force in London... by Hilaire Belloc (2012/12/21 10:30)

  To the first quote then: Belloc is about to give his first address as Liberal candidate for South Salford in the campaign that had opened following the resignation of Balfour in December 1905 and the immediate dissolution of ..... He also opposed the programme of flooding South Africa with imported Chinese labour (a policy which appears quite surreal to us now, but which was carried out for the assistance of the wealthy mining interests in that country who were having ...
• Short <b>Poetry</b> Collection(Audio) ~ Android Application v1.0 By <b>...</b> by unknown (2012/12/08 04:50)

  This book is the collection of famous authors' short poems. / They are beautiful. ... Following poems are gathered in this audio book. / 01: The Aged Pilot Man by ... 16: The South Country by Hilaire Belloc / 17: When I Have ...
• The <b>Hilaire Belloc</b> Blog: <b>Hilaire Belloc</b> M.P. - Contribution to the <b>...</b> by Hilaire Belloc (2012/11/20 14:57)

  Hilaire Belloc bought King's Land (in Shipley, Sussex), 5 acres and a working windmill for £1000 in 1907 and it was his home for the rest of his life. Belloc loved Sussex as few other writers have loved her: he lived there for ...
• <b>Hilaire Belloc</b> MP - Contribution to the Education (England & Wales) by Hilaire Belloc (2012/11/14 12:31)

  Hilaire Belloc bought King's Land (in Shipley, Sussex), 5 acres and a working windmill for £1000 in 1907 and it was his home for the rest of his life. Belloc loved Sussex as few other writers have loved her: he lived there for ...
• 12 今週のお気に入り 45 - やっさんのお気に入り - はてなダイアリー by SAKAIDA (2012/11/02 23:40)

  In this special edition of Words and Music recorded at The Free Thinking Festival in St Mary's Heritage Centre, opposite The Sage, Gateshead, Sian Thomas and Ron Cook read poetry and prose on the theme of this year's festival: Them and Us. ... Performer: NASUWT Riverside Band, Ray Farr (conductor). Hilaire Belloc. The South Country (excerpt), reader Sian Thomas. 00:21. Percy Grainger. Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol. Performer: Alasdair Beatson (piano) ...
• The <b>Hilaire Belloc</b> Blog: Shipley Mill Becomes the Belloc Memorial by Hilaire Belloc (2012/10/10 16:43)

  Hilaire Belloc bought King's Land (in Shipley, Sussex), 5 acres and a working windmill for £1000 in 1907 and it was his home for the rest of his life. Belloc loved Sussex as few other writers have loved her: he lived there for ...
• The <b>Hilaire Belloc</b> Blog: Mrs Shipley (Belloc&#39;s old mill)... by Hilaire Belloc (2012/08/09 16:31)

  Hilaire Belloc bought King's Land (in Shipley, Sussex), 5 acres and a working windmill for £1000 in 1907 and it was his home for the rest of his life. Belloc loved Sussex as few other writers have loved her: he lived there for ...
• The <b>Hilaire Belloc</b> Blog: All Saints and the Sussex Countryside. A <b>...</b> by Hilaire Belloc (2012/05/23 17:44)

  Hilaire Belloc bought King's Land (in Shipley, Sussex), 5 acres and a working windmill for £1000 in 1907 and it was his home for the rest of his life. Belloc loved Sussex as few other writers have loved her: he lived there for ...
• <b>South Country</b>: <b>Hilaire Belloc</b> | white pebble by Patti Niehoff (2012/05/17 18:37)

  South Country: Hilaire Belloc. Posted on May 17, 2012 9:37 pm by Patti Niehoff ... The great hills of the South Country. They stand along the sea;. And it's there ... Pingback: British TV and another poem by somebody else entirely | white pebble ...
• The <b>Hilaire Belloc</b> Blog: Maurice Baring... by Hilaire Belloc (2012/05/12 11:17)

  The twin giants of the Catholic literary revival of the early 20th century, G.K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc, were so much associated in the eyes of the reading public that they together became the butt of the caricaturist's humor and the satirist's ... As a child he was looked after by a succession of nannies and governesses in the sprawling opulence of England's great country manors and the dignified splendor of London townhouses. ..... The South Downs Songs Project ...
• The South Downs: The <b>South Country</b> by <b>Hilaire Belloc</b> by Justin Norman (2012/04/23 14:41)

  poems, south downs, sussex, belloc. ... The South Country by Hilaire Belloc ... And the great hills of the South Country. Come back into my mind. The great hills of the South Country. They stand along the sea;. And it's there ...
• The <b>Hilaire Belloc</b> Blog: James V. Schall, S. J. - BELLOC ON THE <b>...</b> by Hilaire Belloc (2012/03/29 11:55)

  Hilaire Belloc bought King's Land (in Shipley, Sussex), 5 acres and a working windmill for £1000 in 1907 and it was his home for the rest of his life. Belloc loved Sussex as few other writers have loved her: he lived there for ...
• The Catholic Sun <b>Poem Hilaire Belloc Poems</b> by love poems (2012/03/04 00:40)

  You can see more Hilaire Belloc poems and quotes. Also enjoy funny, love, friendship, family poems. You can see more famous poems by this author : Juliet, George, Heroic Poem In Praise Of Wine, The South Country, The World Is Full Of ...
• The Albigensian Attack (conclusion) - American Chesterton Society by Hilaire Belloc (2012/01/20 10:41)

  It was obvious that the thing must come to the decision of arms, for now that the local government of the south was supporting this new highly organized counter-church, if that counter-church grew a little stronger all our civilization would ... You may see the ruins of the place still standing in the dense wooded country round about. .... Hilaire BellocThe French-born English writer Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc (1870-1953) was a noted poet, historian, essayist, and novelist.
• Juliet <b>Poem Hilaire Belloc Poems</b> by love poems (2011/12/29 14:40)

  Poem Juliet by hilaire belloc. You can see more Hilaire Belloc poems and quotes. Also enjoy funny, love, friendship, family poems. You can see more famous poems by this author : George, Heroic Poem In Praise Of Wine, The South Country, ...
• The <b>Hilaire Belloc</b> Blog: The AA promotes <b>Hilaire Belloc</b> by Hilaire Belloc (2011/11/03 14:17)

  Hilaire Belloc bought King's Land (in Shipley, Sussex), 5 acres and a working windmill for £1000 in 1907 and it was his home for the rest of his life. Belloc loved Sussex as few other writers have loved her: he lived there for ...
• Nikolaos&#39; Place: The <b>South Country</b> by Nikolaos (2011/10/26 04:55)

  From the poem The South Country, by Hilaire Belloc (1870- 1952). This painting I found in this intriguing blog post. Although the painter is familiar, yet his name escapes me. Quam senex sum. Posted by Nikolaos at 4:55 AM ...
• Gordon Rushmer follows trail of <b>poet Hilaire Belloc</b> for The <b>South</b> <b>...</b> by unknown (2011/10/05 20:24)

  When artist and South Downs lover Gordon Rushmer was knee-high to grasshoppers on the rolling West Sussex hills, his mother taught him all the verses of writer Hilaire Belloc's poem, The South Country. “I did not know ...
• The Hon. <b>Hilaire Belloc</b> MP - Accession Declaration (First Reading) by Hilaire Belloc (2011/10/03 11:34)

  If we had proportional representation in this country, one quarter of the representatives of industrial South Lancashire would be Catholics, and, if they were, the effect on the House would, I think, be very different from that which it is when one or two Catholic Members rise. It is in the nature of .... Among his best-remembered poems are Jim, who ran away from his nurse, and was eaten by a lion and Matilda, who told lies and was burnt to death. Recent biographies of ...
• Unmitigated England: Down and Up by noreply@blogger.com (Peter Ashley) (2011/08/31 03:42)

  Shades of Hilaire Belloc's The South Country :- "I will hold my house in a high wood Within a walk of the sea And the men that were boys when I was a boy Shall sit and drink with me ". One of my favourite poems celebrating ...
• Wick man hopes to reunite old friends - Your Community <b>...</b> by unknown (2011/07/06 04:12)

  He said: “The idea was first planted in my mind through a verse by the poet Hilaire Belloc, a great lover, like myself, of the South Downs, in his poem, The South Country. “I am now retired and living in Canterbury with my wife, ...
• 11 今週のお気に入り 27 - やっさんのお気に入り - はてなダイアリー by SAKAIDA (2011/07/01 16:07)

  Inspired by the recent republication of Edward Thomas's essay collection The South Country, the weekly sequence of music, poetry and prose celebrates the landscape of southern England, in particular three counties in which the poet ... Tamsin Greig and Neil Pearson read prose by fellow observer-wanderers Gilbert White, William Cobbett and Richard Jefferies, and poetry by such lovers of the south as Flora Thompson, Andrew Young, Hilaire Belloc, Molly Holden ...
• Tiger, The <b>Poem Hilaire Belloc Poems</b> by love poems (2011/06/29 21:40)

  You can see more Hilaire Belloc poems and quotes. Also enjoy funny, love, friendship, family poems. You can see more famous poems by this author : The Catholic Sun, Juliet, George, Heroic Poem In Praise Of Wine, The South Country, .
• The twenty-fourth of May, 2011: their hearts are set upon the waste <b>...</b> by richardsmyth (2011/05/25 02:28)

  That's from 'The South Country' by Hilaire Belloc. It goes on ... I found 'The South Country' in one of the first poetry books I ever seriously read: The Golden Book of Modern English Poetry 1870-1930, T. Caldwell ed. (JM Dent ...
• The Desire of the Everlasting Hills - American Chesterton Society by Hilaire Belloc (2011/03/18 08:22)

  Hilaire BellocThe French-born English writer Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc (1870-1953) was a noted poet, historian, essayist, and novelist. Throughout his literary career he was concerned with the problems of social reform.
• Christian Integration: 160 Best <b>Poems</b> to Memorize by Gwen Adams (2011/01/23 18:02)

  Aiken, Conrad. “Beloved, Let Us Once More Praise the Rain.” Anon. Song of Roland, selections. Anon. “Casey Jones.” Arnold, Matthew. “Dover Beach.” Belloc, Hilaire. “The South Country.” Belloc, Hilaire. “To the Balliol Men Still in Africa.” ...
• Conservative History Journal: Happy 140th birthday, <b>Hilaire Belloc</b> by Tory Historian (2010/07/27 07:21)

  The poet, essayist, MP, irascible Catholic, Hilaire Belloc was born on July 27, 1870 in France but became a British subject in 1902. There are so many aspects to ... Go out and govern New South Wales!" What could be more ...
• The <b>South Country</b>: Radio 3 - Caught by the River by jeff (2010/03/27 00:15)

  Tamsin Greig and Neil Pearson read prose by fellow observer-wanderers Gilbert White, William Cobbett and Richard Jefferies, and poetry by such lovers of the south as Flora Thompson, Andrew Young, Hilaire Belloc, Molly ...
• Radio Lists: Radio 3 Listings for 27/03/2010 - 02/04/2010 by Radio Lists (2010/03/26 13:20)

  SUN SUN Thomas took the title of his collection from that of a poem SUN in praise of the Sussex Downs by Hilaire Belloc but himself SUN extends the description to encompass 'all that country which SUN is dominated by the Downs .... Track 2 SUN 46.00 SUN Hilaire Belloc: The South Country SUN Read by Neil Pearson SUN 48.38 SUN Michael Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra (2nd SUN movement) SUN Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields / Sir Neville ...
• <b>Poetry</b> from England - Bantaba in Cyberspace - Gambia by kayjatta (2010/01/11 00:37)

  The South Country / by Hilaire Belloc 1870 - 1953 / When I am living in the Midlands / That are sodden and unkind, / I light my lamp in the evening: / My work is left behind; / And the great hills of the South Country / Come back ...
• Some Landscapes: The <b>South Country</b> by Plinius (2009/09/24 13:32)

  Here are the poems and links: Lines from ... And finally, 'Lines from 'The South Country' by Hilaire Belloc - from which the following three verses are taken: The men that live ... But the men that live in the South Country Are the ...
• mudcat.org: Origins: Sussex Drinking Song (<b>Hilaire Belloc</b>) by unknown (2009/07/28 00:00)

  I am certain Hilaire Belloc wrote "West Sussex Drinking Song," the first line of which is "They sell good beer at Haslemere". It was published ... Both poems are definitely by Belloc. Valmai ... We are of stout South Country stuff ...
• Christian Integration: 125 Best <b>Poems</b> to Memorize by Gwen Adams (2009/07/25 11:45)

  “Dover Beach.” Belloc, Hilaire. “The South Country.” Belloc, Hilaire. “To the Balliol Men Still in Africa.” Byron, George Gordon. “We'll Go No More A-Roving.” D., H. “Stars Wheel in Purple.” Donne, John. “Batter My Heart, Three-Personed God.
• Famous Pipe Smokers: <b>Hilaire Belloc</b> by Joseph Cruse Johnson (2009/04/22 03:14)

  Much of his boyhood was spent in Slindon West Sussex, for which he often felt homesick in later life. This is evidenced in poems such as, "West Sussex Drinking Song", "The South Country", and even the more melancholy, ...
• The Catholic Young Woman: Food for the Body, Mind, and Soul by Clare Marie-Therese Duroc (2009/03/22 10:24)

  My recipe for poppy seed muffins is preceded with a wonderfuly entertaining passage from Wodehouse, and on the back of the page is Hilaire Belloc's poem The South Country. When the muffins are set in the oven to bake I ...

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