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Oscar Wilde (1854-1900 / Dublin / Ireland)
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Poems by Oscar Wilde : 4 / 108
A Vision
Two crowned Kings, and One that stood alone
With no green weight of laurels round his head,
But with sad eyes as one uncomforted,
And wearied with man's never-ceasing moan
For sins no bleating victim can atone,
And sweet long lips with tears and kisses fed.
Girt was he in a garment black and red,
And at his feet I marked a broken stone
Which sent up lilies, dove-like, to his knees.
Now at their sight, my heart being lit with flame,
I cried to Beatrice, 'Who are these? '
And she made answer, knowing well each name,
'AEschylos first, the second Sophokles,
And last (wide stream of tears!) Euripides.'
Oscar Wilde
Submitted: Friday, May 18, 2001
Edited: Wednesday, May 09, 2012
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Poems by Oscar Wilde : 4 / 108
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A poem about the poet's Vision of the 3 great tragedians of Greece...
vampire for how long you will act? ! think in the old house just once... terrific right i can hear too.
14 lines - sonnet! Dramatic but what has the 3 tragedians of ancient greek had to do with “a vision“? Wilde thought out of tragedy... maybe!
wow.......... trust no one.Sh#* happens, and so does love..... If you do not know how to enter a fantasy you will usually end up lost with some one that you wish you never brought along...or surrounded by friends and enemies, whats the difference? ..........a bit depressing....and interesting...
It's a testament to Wilde's genius that his work is still discomfiting.
Maybe it's because they could spell simple words.And I can see where the ignoramus part comes in. Yes indeed.
I think that WIlde must have been not too inspired when he wrote this poem- as if he wanted to write butt couldn't think of anything so he spewed out this garbage. I agree with Straw and Pruchnicki- comments are written by ignoramuses who know nothing about poetry - and as Straw says-definitely 'pudding over sugared! ! . It really throws me as to why some of these poets ever got to famous inn the first place! ! ! !
though Oscar Wilde is better known to me because of the horror story'picture of dorian gray' he was an putstanding poet. this is a perfect example.
A difficult poem to digest unless one is aware of religion and literature of the past era! Wilde is wild in composition!
On the other hand, it is 'A Vision', and the poet can people it however he pleases!