Irony

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Title:     Irony
Author: Christopher Morley [More Titles by Morley]

Anton Lang, the _Christus_ of Oberammergau, has not been called upon to fight in the German army.
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So War hath still some ruth? some sense of shame?
The Crown of Thorns hath reverence even now?
For when the summons to that village came,
They spared the Christ of Oberammergau.

Enlist the actors of that sacred mime--
Paul, Peter, Pilate--Judas too, I trow;
Spurn Christ of Galilee, but (O sublime!)
Revere the Christ of Oberammergau.

[The end]
Christopher Morley's poem: Irony

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