Social Commentaries
Party Spirit
From The Comic Poems of Thomas Hood
Social Commentaries
"Why did you not dine," said a Lord to a Wit,
"With the Whigs, you political sinner?"
"Why really I meant, but had doubts how the Pit
Of my stomach would bear a Fox Dinner."
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MLA
Hood, Thomas. “Party Spirit.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hood/148/.
Chicago
Hood, Thomas. “Party Spirit.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hood/148/.
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