Public Domain Poetry And Stories - On Vital Statistics by Hilaire Belloc Public domain poetry and public domain stories from the literary greats of yesteryear.
Ill fares the land to hast'ning ills a prey (1)
Where wealth accumulates and men decay.'
But how much more unfortunate are those
Where wealth declines and population grows!
(1)This line is execrable; and I note it.
I quote it as the faulty poet wrote it.
