My voice
Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde was born on 16 October 1854 in Dublin, Ireland, and he died on 30 November 1900 in Paris, France, at the age of 46.
Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright. Known for his biting wit, flamboyant dress, and glittering conversational skill, Wilde was one of the best-known personalities of his day. He is best remembered for his epigrams, his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and his plays, which were among the most popular in London in the early 1890s, including The Importance of Being Earnest and Lady Windermere’s Fan.
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Within the restless, hurried, modern world We took our hearts’ full pleasure — You and I, And now the white sails of our ships are furled, And spent the lading of our argosy.
Wherefore my cheeks before their time are wan, For very weeping is my gladness fled, Sorrow hath paled my lip’s vermilion And Ruin draws the curtains of my bed.
But all this crowded life has been to thee No more than lyre, or lute, or subtle spell Of viols, or the music of the sea That sleeps, a mimic echo, in the shell.