oscar wilde letter to bosie de profundis

I would sooner be blackmailed by every renter in London than to have you bitter, unjust, hating.You are the divine thing I want, the thing of grace and beauty but I don't know how to do it.Shall I come to Salisbury? My bill here is 49 pounds for a week. I cannot listen to your curved lips saying hideous things to me.

I cannot see you, so Greek and gracious, distorted with passion. They kill me, they wreck the loveliness of life. Your letter was delightful, red and yellow wine to me but I am sad and out of sorts. March 1893, Savoy HotelDearest of All Boys, Carson had asked Wilde to read the letter, but he declined. The following letter was read by defense attorney Edward Carson during his cross-examination of Oscar Wilde in his libel trial. It is a lovely place and lacks only you but go to Salisbury first. Why are you alone in London, and when do you go to Salisbury? Do go there to cool your hands in the grey twilight of Gothic things, and come here whenever you like. I know Hyacinthus, whom Apollo loved so madly, was you in Greek days. Your slim gilt soul walks between passion and poetry. Your sonnet is quite lovely, and it is a marvel that those red-roseleaf lips of yours should be made no less for the madness of music and song than for the madness of kissing. January 1893, Babbacombe CliffMy Own Boy, Although the letter lends support to the defense case, Clark chose to introduce the letter to prevent the defense from introducing the letter in a more dramatic fashion during its case. The following letter was introduced in Wilde's libel trial by sir Edward Clark, Wilde's attorney.

Oscar wilde letter to bosie de profundis