LORD UNCLE TOM

by: Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953)

      ord Uncle Tom was different from
      What other nobles are.
      For they are yellow or pink, I think,
      But he was black as tar.

      He had his Father's debonair
      And rather easy pride:
      But his complexion and his hair
      Were from the mother's side.

      He often mingled in debate
      And latterly displayed
      Experience of peculiar weight
      Upon the Cocoa-trade.

      But now He speaks no more. The Bill
      Which he could not abide,
      It preyed upon his mind until
      He sickened, paled, and died.

"Lord Uncle Tom" is reprinted from More Peers. Hilaire Belloc. London: Stephen Swift, 1911.

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