Click in the field, then press CTRL+C to copy the HTML code
<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=410097" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Godolphin Horne</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Who was cursed with the Sin of Pride, and Became a Boot-Black. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Godolphin Horne was Nobly Born;<br>He held the Human Race in Scorn,<br>And lived with all his Sisters where<br>His father lived, in Berkeley Square.<br>And oh! The Lad was Deathly Proud!<br>He never shook your Hand or Bowed,<br>But merely smirked and nodded thus:<br>How perfectly ridiculous!<br>Alas! That such Affected Tricks<br>Should flourish in a Child of Six!<br>(For such was Young Godolphin's age).<br>Just then, the Court required a Page,<br>Whereat the Lord High Chamberlain<br>(The Kindest and the Best of Men),<br>He went good-naturedly and took<br>A perfectly enormous Book<br>Called People Qualified to Be<br>Attendant on His Majesty,<br>And murmured, as he scanned the list<br>(To see that no one should be missed),<br>&quot;There's William Coutts has got the Flu,<br>And Billy Higgs would never do,<br>And Guy de Vere is far too young,<br>And ... wasn't D'Alton's father hung?<br>And as for Alexander Byng!-...<br>I think I know the kind of thing,<br>A Churchman, cleanly, nobly born,<br>Come, let us say Godolphin Horne?&quot;<br>But hardly had he said the word<br>When Murmurs of Dissent were heard.<br>The King of Iceland's Eldest Son<br>Said, &quot;Thank you! I am taking none!&quot;<br>The Aged Duchess of Athlone<br>Remarked, in her sub-acid tone,<br>&quot;I doubt if He is what we need!&quot;<br>With which the Bishops all agreed;<br>And even Lady Mary Flood<br>(So kind, and oh! So really good)<br>Said, &quot;No! He wouldn't do at all,<br>He'd make us feel a lot too small.&quot;<br>The Chamberlain said, &quot;Well, well, well!<br>No doubt you're right. One cannot tell!&quot;<br>He took his Gold and Diamond Pen<br>And scratched Godolphin out again.<br>So now Godolphin is the Boy<br>Who Blacks the Boots at the Savoy.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Hilaire+Belloc">Hilaire Belloc</a><div class=q>
<img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share">
<script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=410097" data-title="Godolphin Horne de Hilaire Belloc" data-description="Who was cursed with the Sin of Pride, and Became a Boot-Black. 

Godolphin Horne was Nobly Born;
He held the Human Race in Scorn,
And lived with all his Sisters where
His father lived, in Berkeley Square.
And oh! The Lad was Deathly Proud!
He neve..."></div>
</div>
</div>