In a day like this

LadyLigeia May 25, 2016 3:01 pm

In a day like this, May 25, Oscar Wilde was sentenced to two years of forced labor because of homosexuality and acts against decency. It was the spring of the year 1895. If there is a Paradise, Oscar you are there. This is in your honor:

Yet each man kills the thing he loves
By each let this be heard,
Some do it with a bitter look,
Some with a flattering word,
The coward does it with a kiss,
The brave man with a sword!

Some kill their love when they are young,
And some when they are old;
Some strangle with the hands of Lust,
Some with the hands of Gold:
The kindest use a knife, because
The dead so soon grow cold.

Some love too little, some too long,
Some sell, and others buy;
Some do the deed with many tears,
And some without a sigh:
For each man kills the thing he loves,
Yet each man does not die.

(From: The Ballad of Reading Gaol)

Responses
    helix May 25, 2016 3:32 pm

    Thumbs up. I love Oscar Wilde

    normal_human May 25, 2016 3:33 pm

    I still can't believe they used his own books as evidence for his homosexuality ╥﹏╥ As I read them they always make me so sad, but they're such beautiful books. Thank you for this post

    LadyLigeia May 25, 2016 3:53 pm
    Thumbs up. I love Oscar Wilde helix

    I love him and his works so much too. :)

    LadyLigeia May 25, 2016 3:56 pm
    I still can't believe they used his own books as evidence for his homosexuality ╥﹏╥ As I read them they always make me so sad, but they're such beautiful books. Thank you for this post normal_human

    They used some paragraphs of "The portrait of Dorian Gray" insinuating that it was an immoral book, and used the poem "Two loves" written by Lord Alfred Douglas to ask Wilde what was the meaning of "the love that not dare to speak its name".

    LadyLigeia May 25, 2016 6:17 pm
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    I would like, but I only put the quote. Happy birthday instead!! ヾ(☆▽☆)(≧∀≦)ヾ(☆▽☆)

    Wow May 25, 2016 6:49 pm
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    Happy Birthday! Mine was yesterday. (●'◡'●)ノ

    Gore_Whore May 25, 2016 7:26 pm
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    Happy Birthday Moi you cute chick!!!!~ (づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ
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    Gore_Whore May 25, 2016 7:32 pm
    Happy Birthday! Mine was yesterday. (●'◡'●)ノ Wow

    Happy Birthday to you as well Wow. <3
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    Gore_Whore May 25, 2016 7:43 pm
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    You're very welcome. :D He is all yours! Bwahahaha he is the Ryan Gosling of the porn industry. (๑•ㅂ•)و✧

    Gore_Whore May 25, 2016 8:01 pm
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    Both. xD No seriously he is a porn actor. I saw him on an erotic fair once. xD

    Wow May 26, 2016 12:10 am
    Happy Birthday to you as well Wow. <3http://i.myniceprofile.com/1647/164737.gif Gore_Whore

    Thanks!

    Wow May 26, 2016 12:17 am
    Happy Birthday to you as well Wow. <3http://i.myniceprofile.com/1647/164737.gif Gore_Whore

    I've always wanted to try a martini. But a mantini works. ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶

    Mio May 31, 2016 7:33 am
    I love him and his works so much too. :) LadyLigeia

    I also love his works, he was very wise man.

    LadyLigeia May 31, 2016 4:10 pm
    I also love his works, he was very wise man. Mio

    Yes, I love his works too. He was a man full of talent mistreated by a moralistic society.