Happy 160th, Oscar!!!

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http://www.biography.com/news/oscar-wilde-facts-and-quotes



From his most famous poem, The Ballad of Reading Gaol:

Yet each man kills the thing he loves
By each let this be heard,
Some do it with a bitter look,
Some with a flattering word,
The coward does it with a kiss,
The brave man with a sword!

Some kill their love when they are young,
And some when they are old;
Some strangle with the hands of Lust,
Some with the hands of Gold:
The kindest use a knife, because
The dead so soon grow cold.

Some love too little, some too long,
Some sell, and others buy;
Some do the deed with many tears,
And some without a sigh:
For each man kills the thing he loves,
Yet each man does not die.

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1. This is timely.

Henry Bushnell is believed to be the "dark-eyed chap" Wilde mentioned in a letter

Oscar Wilde: First photo of prisoner he was 'attracted to' revealed

15 October 2014 Last updated at 20:28 ET

The only known photograph of a working-class man Oscar Wilde took an interest in has been unearthed in a search of Reading Prison archives.

The picture of Henry Bushnell was found by Prof Peter Stoneley, from the University of Reading, who carried out a study of Wilde's fellow prisoners.

He said the playwright had been "attracted to" Bushnell but details of their relationship were unknown.

Wilde was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for homosexuality in 1895.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-berkshire-29630767