Thought for the day
May 13, 2009
Really, if the lower orders don’t set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them?
Oscar Wilde
Thought for the day
May 6, 2009
“I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability.”
Oscar Wilde
First lines
March 22, 2009
“The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn.”
Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray
From “The Harlot’s House
February 21, 2009
“…Like strange mechanical grotesques,
Making fantastic arabesques,
The shadows raced across the blind.
We watched the ghostly dancers spin
To sound of horn and violin,
Like black leaves wheeling in the wind.
Like wire-pulled automatons,
Slim silhouetted skeletons
Went sidling through the slow quadrille,
Then took each other by the hand,
And danced a stately saraband;
Their laughter echoed thin and shrill…”
Oscar Wilde
