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Sonnet To Liberty

These are the letters which Endymion wrote

To one he loved in secret, and apart.

And now the brawlers of the auction mart

Bargain and bid for each poor blotted note,

Ay! for each separate pulse of passion quote

The merchant's price.

I think they love not art

Who break the crystal of a poet's heart

That small and sickly eyes may glare and gloat.

Is it not said that many years ago,

In a far Eastern town, some soldiers ran

With torches through the midnight,and began

To wrangle for mean raiment, and to throw

Dice for the garments of a wretched man,

Not knowing the God's wonder, or His woe?

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde (Dublin, 16th October 1854 - 30th November 1900, Paris) was a writer, a poet, and a dramaturg. He is considerer one of the most important dramaturgs of the late Victorian times, he was a celebrity due to his sharp and great wit. He was condemned to two years of forced labor after a famous trial in which he was accused of “ serious indecent”. After fulfilling the