Classic Poem

Irony

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.English