There are no strangers here, only friends that have not yet met. The Great Hunger by Patrick Kavanagh T24. I love scandals about other people, but scandals about myself dont interest me. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Anglo-Irish playwright, author. In the dim meadows desolate Wilde was humiliated when sentenced to imprisonment for homosexual acts and whilst in jail he endured hard labor, mockery and deprivation. Dost thou remember Sicily? He is at peacethis wretched manAt peace, or will be soon:There is no thing to make him mad,Nor does Terror walk at noon,For the lampless Earth in which he liesHas neither Sun nor Moon. they were living things, For the stroke of eight is the stroke of Fate. Mike is an author and founder of Greeting Card Poet. And thus we rust Life's iron chainDegraded and alone:And some men curse, and some men weep,And some men make no moan:But God's eternal Laws are kindAnd break the heart of stone. He was a very beautiful, aristocratic young man, and, of course, thats why Oscar Wilde was suspected of homosexuality. Tread lightly, she is near Under the snow,Speak gently, she can hear The daisies grow. A Merry Christmas this December Unknown, Now sweetly lies old Ireland Which are the ones that you need to read? Unlike the love that had him cast into jail, the love in this particular poem is not illicit. Milton! , For the hungry teeth of time devour, and the silent-footed years pursue.. They think a murderer's heart would taintEach simple seed they sow.It is not true! O singer of Persephone! So they kept us close till nigh on noon,And then they rang the bell,And the Warders with their jingling keysOpened each listening cell,And down the iron stair we tramped,Each from his separate Hell. Be lined with green lights. Hal Roach, One wonders in this place, why anyone is left in Dublin, or London, or Paris where it would be better, one would think to live in a tent or hut, with this magnificent sea and sky, and to breathe this wonderful air which is like wine in ones teeth. Jack Nicholson, May those who love us love us. We rubbed the doors, and scrubbed the floors. He did not wring his hands nor weep,Nor did he peek or pine,But he drank the air as though it heldSome healthful anodyne;With open mouth he drank the sunAs though it had been wine! Right in we went, with soul intentOn Death and Dread and Doom:The hangman, with his little bag,Went shuffling through the gloomAnd each man trembled as he creptInto his numbered tomb. Oscar Wilde was the most celebrated Irish writer and poet. I never saw a man who lookedWith such a wistful eyeUpon that little tent of blueWhich prisoners call the sky,And at every wandering cloud that trailedIts raveled fleeces by. And as one sees most fearful thingsIn the crystal of a dream,We saw the greasy hempen ropeHooked to the blackened beam,And heard the prayer the hangman's snareStrangled into a scream. e: So, like things of stone in a valley lone,Quiet we sat and dumb:But each man's heart beat thick and quickLike a madman on a drum! Shane Leslie, Im Irish. There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. Unknown, No human being believes that any other human being has a right to be in bed when he himself is up. Oliver Herford, Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. Once considered a literary and commercial failure, the book aged well like a fine wine and has been readapted for the big screen many times. Prisons in Victorian Britain were an austere place and Wilde emerged a broken and forlorn shadow of his formerly exuberant self. Home; 100 Best Poems; Poets Directory; Best Love Poems; Free Poetry; Quotes; Publish your Poems; Home Irish Poets Oscar Wilde. And he of the swollen purple throat. If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized. If God wanted us to bend over he'd put diamonds on the floor. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them. Fifteen short stanzas long, this poem deals with the theme that Wilde is perhaps most associated with: love. The Warders strutted up and down,And kept their herd of brutes,Their uniforms were spick and span,And they wore their Sunday suits,But we knew the work they had been atBy the quicklime on their boots. And all the woe that moved him soThat he gave that bitter cry,And the wild regrets, and the bloody sweats,None knew so well as I:For he who lives more lives than oneMore deaths than one must die. And every human heart that breaks,In prison-cell or yard,Is as that broken box that gaveIts treasure to the Lord,And filled the unclean leper's houseWith the scent of costliest nard. He does not wake at dawn to seeDread figures throng his room,The shivering Chaplain robed in white,The Sheriff stern with gloom,And the Governor all in shiny black,With the yellow face of Doom. Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland, on October 16, 1854. For he has a pall, this wretched man,Such as few men can claim:Deep down below a prison-yard,Naked for greater shame,He lies, with fetters on each foot,Wrapt in a sheet of flame! Around, around, they waltzed and wound;Some wheeled in smirking pairs:With the mincing step of demirepSome sidled up the stairs:And with subtle sneer, and fawning leer,Each helped us at our prayers. Brendan Behan, One drink is too many for me and a thousand not enough. Lily-like, white as snow, She hardly knewShe was a woman, so Sweetly she grew. Still by the light and laughing sea He takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The grandaddy of contemporary Irish poetry, Seamus Heaney, has said of N Chuilleanin, 'her poems see things anew, in a rinsed and dreamstruck light. That is what fiction means. I know not whether Laws be right,Or whether Laws be wrong;All that we know who lie in gaolIs that the wall is strong;And that each day is like a year,A year whose days are long. it is a fearful thingTo feel another's guilt!For, right within, the sword of SinPierced to its poisoned hilt,And as molten lead were the tears we shedFor the blood we had not spilt. Katherine Tynan Hinkson, I like work: it fascinates me. Unknown, May the joys of today Best Love Poems; Free Poetry; Quotes; Publish your Poems; Menu+. And hears the wild dogs at the gate; Robert Lynd, Im troubled, Im dissatisfied. With melody, mirth, Every person can find something for himself/herself because Oscar Wilde made short and long stories about love from different aspects: respect, religion, family, marriage. O Singer of Persephone! Ah! The beloved Irish treasure, the genius of Oscar Wilde. Jerome K Jerome, I think the Irish woman was freed from slavery by bingo. They have not got the charm of novelty. 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, becauseThe dead so soon grow cold. For thee the jocund shepherds wait; Academy of American Poets, 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038. The poem does not rhyme as well as some of Wilde's other works but still makes for a glorious read. It is so loud that one can talk the whole time without people hearing what one says. See related pages below at the bottom. Best Love Poems; Free Poetry; Quotes; Publish your Poems; Menu+. Wondering what the best Oscar Wilde poems are? O Singer of Persephone! Brendan Behan, I am a drinker with writing problems. Although banned by the draconian prison regulations of the time from writing any more of the stories, plays, or poetry that had won him fame, prisoners were allowed to write letters and Wilde spent three months towards the end of his sentence writing and then revising his tract to Douglas. Life is no brief candle to me. He attended Trinity College, Dublin, from 1871 to 1874 and Magdalen College, Oxford, from 1874 to 1878. And the highway you travel Irish quotes include a collection of funny sayings from the likes of Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, and others. John B. Keane, A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers. May you at least die in Ireland. He is at once a low life murderer but also a member of the British upper class, able to flit from crime scene to high society event with ease. Murder is always a mistakeOne should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner. In Reading gaol by Reading townThere is a pit of shame,And in it lies a wretched manEaten by teeth of flame,In burning winding-sheet he lies,And his grave has got no name. Marianne Moore, Ive had bad luck with both my wives. For three long years they will not sowOr root or seedling there:For three long years the unblessed spotWill sterile be and bare,And look upon the wondering skyWith unreproachful stare. is this the land Which bare a triple empire in her hand When Cromwell spake the word Democracy! An immortal tale of farce and mistaken identity, mixed with biting condemnation of Victorian society and romance. One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. They stripped him of his canvas clothes,And gave him to the flies;They mocked the swollen purple throatAnd the stark and staring eyes:And with laughter loud they heaped the shroudIn which their convict lies. He did not pass in purple pomp,Nor ride a moon-white steed.Three yards of cord and a sliding boardAre all the gallows' need:So with rope of shame the Herald cameTo do the secret deed. Register now and publish your best poems or read and bookmark your favorite popular famous poems. And there, till Christ call forth the dead. In the dim meadows desolate Dost thou remember Sicily? Yet each man kills the thing he lovesBy 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! Bonnie Tyler, Be they kings, or poets, or farmers, Or else he might be moved, and tryTo comfort or console:And what should Human Pity doPent up in Murderers' Hole?What word of grace in such a placeCould help a brother's soul? Dear Christ! At Oxford, he received the Newdigate Prize for his long poem Ravenna (T. Shrimpton and Son, 1878). Dost thou remember Sicily? Oscar Wilde Poems. They are at once as plain as an anecdote told on the doorstep and as haunting as a soothsayers greetings.' The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you. So with curious eyes and sick surmiseWe watched him day by day,And wondered if each one of usWould end the self-same way,For none can tell to what red HellHis sightless soul may stray. May he turn their ankles, Awakening sweet memories, The plays original run marked the zenith of Wildes but its success was cut brutally short after Wildes conviction for gross decency. There is no love sincerer than the love of food. Six weeks our guardsman walked the yard,In a suit of shabby grey:His cricket cap was on his head,And his step seemed light and gay,But I never saw a man who lookedSo wistfully at the day. And meadow and mist. The things that made you sad. 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