In 1895 they held a trial
In London's fair city - or was it fair?
Of well-known poseur and wit Oscar Wilde
'Earnest' had opened earlier that year
A play that's proved enduring, to be sure
Wilde brought a libel case against big old
Marquess of Queensberry of boxing lore
Whose third son, Lord Alfred Douglas, grew cold
Towards the infamous Irish wit, sold
Too much on shocking, maybe, though meanwhile
His tall compatriot George Bernard Shaw
Got away with being left-wing. Wilde rolled
The dice and lost, open homosexual
Behaviour being a scandalous affair
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