“ Some kill their love when they are young, And some when they are old ”
Oscar Wilde, Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898). copy citation
| Author | Oscar Wilde |
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| Source | Ballad of Reading Gaol |
| Topic | love killing |
| Date | 1898 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/301/301-h/301-h.htm |
Context
“The man had killed the thing he loved And so he had to die. 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:”
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