Burden of Itys E-book
Author: Oscar Wilde
Genre: Literature, Poetry
Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900) - An Irish-born English poet, novelist, and
playwright. Considered an eccentric, he was the leader of the aesthetic
movement that advocated "art for art's sake" and was once imprisoned for
two years with hard labor for homosexual practices.
Burden of Itys (1881) - This poem, Wilde's favorite, expresses his
melancholy at having no pagan world of deities in which to believe. Opening
line: This English Thames is holier far than Rome, ...
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