The finest of writers the world has yet known, With his sharpness of humour this man stands alone. Quotations well-known to both adult and child, This is the tale of the great Oscar Wilde. He started by loving his dad and his mum But later, reflected and ended up glum. He said, "Rarely, if ever, should children forgive All the sins of their parents who taught them to live." Not a man of the fashion was young adult Wilde: When asked for his thoughts on the subject he smiled. "It's ugly," he said, "and so not at all queer That we find that it changes two times every year."