Saturday, May 23, 2009

Poem

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

3 comments:

Robin said...

I just bought this book!
This makes me happy.

Ethan said...

See, really, you should just post the whole bloody ballad. Make people read until their eyeballs bleed.

Bob son of Bob said...

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