Social Commentaries
Girl and Diogenes
From Heroic Idyls (1863)
Social Commentaries
" Men call you dog : now tell me why,"
A little girl said : in reply
Diogenes said, smiling at her,
" My child ! how wickedly men flatter !"
Cite this poem
MLA
Landor, Walter Savage. “Girl and Diogenes.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/200/.
Chicago
Landor, Walter Savage. “Girl and Diogenes.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/200/.
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