BIB_ID
395235
Accession number
MA 13285.2
Creator
Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953.
Display Date
1929 September 23.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 items (1 page) ; 25.4 x 20 cm
Notes
Belloc's poem was later published in an expanded edition of his collection Sonnets and verse (London : Duckworth,1938).
Manuscript sent by Belloc as an enclosure with a letter to Maurice Barrès; the letter cataloged separately (see MA 13285.1).
Manuscript sent by Belloc as an enclosure with a letter to Maurice Barrès; the letter cataloged separately (see MA 13285.1).
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Manuscript of a poem entitled "Ballad of dissension on ornaments", which later appeared in print under the title "Ballade of illegal ornaments", written by Belloc in response to a controversy surrounding the decorations of a church interior that culminated in an official order to remove the ornaments in question, including a female figure holding a child. First line: When that the Eternal deigned to look / On us poor folk to make us free.
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