Friday, May 18, 2001

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Rating: 3.1

IS it thy will that I should wax and wane,
Barter my cloth of gold for hodden grey,
And at thy pleasure weave that web of pain
Whose brightest threads are each a wasted day?
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Oscar Wilde
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Shaun Cronick 21 July 2020

Good old Oscar he was the complete writer and wit. So immortal is his great legacy of work. Always worth rereading for there are things sometimes overlooked or forgotten and waiting to (re) discovered.

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Ruta Mohapatra 21 July 2020

But surely it is something to have been The best belovèd for a little while...……..Beautiful lines!

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* Sunprincess * 21 July 2020

Stunning piece of poetry, Visiting again to enjoy it.

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Ratnakar Mandlik 21 July 2020

" If it be thy will I will endure And sell ambition at common mart and let failue be my vestiture and sorrow dig it's grave within my heart." The intensity of love and devotion are very laudable. A well deserved classic poem of the day.

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Pranab K Chakraborty 21 July 2020

Stood face to face with Beauty, known indeed The Love which moves the Sun and all the stars! ............................................ ending with such marvelous mechanism of life by Almighty Himself. Great indeed yet in 2020. Thanks PH to put.

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Ramesh T A 21 July 2020

Heart falling in love is far better than a heart of stone indeed! All things function due to love everywhere including Sun and Stars! Thanks for sharing is wonderful poem on Love by Oscar Wilde!

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Edward Kofi Louis 11 October 2017

A tortured spot! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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James Mclain 11 October 2017

And passion fills a young boys heart That men just cannot see.. iip.. James

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Nudershada Cabanes 11 October 2017

Beautiful poem of love. The love which moves the sun and all the stars.

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Subhas Chandra Chakra 11 October 2017

His purple wings flit once across thy smile. A great poem worth reading a 100 times. Thanks for the deep love coded within.

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Kumarmani Mahakul 11 October 2017

The Love which moves the Sun and all the stars, feeds passion of affection through tender touch. This is excellently penned poem shared here.10

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Madhabi Banerjee 04 January 2017

excellent. but difficult to understand

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* Sunprincess * 17 October 2015

....most wondeful, especially love this line ★ The love which moves the sun and all the stars!

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This poem is amazing but difficult to understand for ordinary readers and such greatness.

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John Kago 21 November 2013

absolute genius in delivery. cant get enough of it..

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Mary Ali 03 March 2008

This poem is so amazing and beautiful! love it. Mary

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SS BAGHELA 30 September 2005

Oscar Wilde is brilliant here.

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