Category: Poetry
_Wilde’s Poems_, _a selection of which is given in this volume_, _were first published in volume form in_ 1881, _and were reprinted four times before the end of_ 1882. _A new Edition with additional poems_, _including Ravenna_, _The Sphinx_, _and The Ballad of Reading Goal_, _...
Even the jealous Naiads call me fair, And every morn a young and ruddy swain Woos me with apples and with locks of hair, And seeks to soothe my virginal disdain By all the gifts...
3. Chapter 3Nor much with Science do I care to climb, Although by strange and subtle witchery She drew the moon from heaven: the Muse Time Unrolls her gorgeous-coloured tapestry To no less...
1. Chapter 1_Wilde’s Poems_, _a selection of which is given in this volume_, _were first published in volume form in_ 1881, _and were reprinted four times before the end of_ 1882. _A new Ed...
4. Chapter 4I WANDERED through Scoglietto’s far retreat, The oranges on each o’erhanging spray Burned as bright lamps of gold to shame the day; Some startled bird with fluttering wings and...