Oscar Wilde
1854–1900
"The House of Judgment," from Poems in Prose
Autograph manuscript signed, ca. 1893. 6 p.
MA 7258.2
Gift of Lucia Moreira Salles, 2008
Transcription
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and in groves and on high places thou didst worship them. In thine idolatry thou dids't bow thyself to the ground, and the thrones of thine idols were set in the sun. Thou dids't show to the sun thy shame and to the moon thy madness."