Alas! it is a fearful thing
to feel another's guilt!
For, right, within, the Sword of Sin
Pierced to its poisoned hilt
And as molten lead were the tears we shed
For the blood we had not spilt
--The Balad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde
Saturday, May 23, 2009
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3 comments:
I just bought this book!
This makes me happy.
See, really, you should just post the whole bloody ballad. Make people read until their eyeballs bleed.
Robin: sweet! lends itself well to memorization, or so i've found.
Smelly: but, you see, you are evil. i read part I that way and got sick of it. that is when i stole your Portable (what a joke) Oscar Wilde
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