Social Commentaries
A Reflection
From The Comic Poems of Thomas Hood
Social Commentaries
When Eve upon the first of Men
The apple press'd with specious cant,
Oh! what a thousand pities then
That Adam was not Adamant!
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Hood, Thomas. “A Reflection.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hood/144/.
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Hood, Thomas. “A Reflection.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hood/144/.
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