Social Commentaries
Irony
From Heroic Idyls (1863)
Social Commentaries
Irony is the imp of wit,
The truly witty banish it.
Where are the mountebank and clown
Who can not turn things upside down ?
When one has fail'd in his endeavour
The other cries, Looky ! thou art clever.
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MLA
Landor, Walter Savage. “Irony.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/174/.
Chicago
Landor, Walter Savage. “Irony.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/174/.
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