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LOTTO 1162:
[WILDE OSCAR]: (1854-1900) WILDE DOROTHY (1895-1941)
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[WILDE OSCAR]: (1854-1900) WILDE DOROTHY (1895-1941)
[WILDE OSCAR]: (1854-1900) Irish poet and playwright. WILDE DOROTHY (1895-1941) English socialite, the niece of Oscar Wilde. Dolly Wilde, a lesbian, alcoholic and heroin addict, had a reputation as a charming and witty conversationalist and this, along with her famous family connections, made her a popular guest at salons in Paris. A rare autograph poem signed, with her initials D.W., one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., in bold pencil. The manuscript poem celebrates the American writer Edgar Allan Poe and commences ´O Poe! O magic two syllables/ Beginning of the word most divine/ Poetry! Such a name as was thine/ Was written on dismal twelve tables´ and concludes with the lines ´Nothing else but ashes hear below/ But, above, a winged great shadow/ Which covers thy starry native land/ "Encomium!" says thine owns high clamour/ And Europe, from afar, says: "Honour"!´. Some creasing, light overall dust staining and a few minor, light brown stains, about G
