To Oscar Wilde + 

Because from Folly’s lips you got + 

Some babbled mandate to subdue + 

The realm of Common Sense, and you + 

Made promise and considered not⁠— + 

Because you strike a random blow + 

At what you do not understand, + 

And beckon with a friendly hand + 

To something that you do not know, + 

I hold no speech of your desert, + 

Nor answer with porrected shield + 

The wooden weapon that you wield, + 

But meet you with a cast of dirt. + 

Dispute with such a thing as you⁠— + 

Twin show to the two-headed calf? + 

Why, sir, if I repress my laugh, + 

’Tis more than half the world can do. + 