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The Collected Poems of Oscar Wilde

Book by Oscar Wilde · 4 quotes · Panthea, Poetry, Afterlife Speculation

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“Rosa Mystica Requiescat Tread lightly, she is near Under the snow, Speak gently, she can hear The daisies grow. All her bright golden hair Tarnished with rust, She that was young and fair Fallen to dust. Lily-like, white as snow, She hardly knew She was a woman, so Sweetly she grew. Coffin-board, heavy stone, Lie on her breast, I vex my heart alone, She is at rest. Peace, Peace, she cannot hear Lyre or sonnet, All my life's buried here, Heap earth upon it.”

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“Nay, let us walk from fire unto fire, From passionate pain to deadlier delight, I am too young to live without desire, Too young art thou to waste this summer night Asking those idle questions which of old Man sought of seer and oracle, and no reply was told. For, sweet, to feel is better than to know, And wisdom is a childless heritage, One pulse of passion--youth's first fiery glow, -- Are worth the hoarded proverbs of the sage: Vex not soul with dead philosophy, Have we not lips to kiss with, hearts to love and eyes to see!”

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