Please help to translate "Epitaph on the Politician Himself"
- Artist: Hilaire Belloc
- Song: Epitaph on the Politician Himself
- Translations: German, Japanese
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Submitted by
Ivan Luden on 2025-10-09
Original lyrics
Epitaph on the Politician Himself
Here richly, with ridiculous display,
The Politician's corpse was laid away.
While all of his acquaintance sneered and slanged
I wept: for I had longed to see him hanged.
Submitted by Ivan Luden on 2025-09-28
Ivan Luden on 2025-09-28Comments
Source: Hilaire Belloc - Sonnets and Verse (1923), Duckworth