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one pale woman all alone, The daylight kissing her wan hair, Loitered beneath the gas lamps' flare, With lips of flame and heart of stone.

Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde
Age: 46 †
Born: 1854
Born: October 16
Died: 1900
Died: November 30
Author
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Opinion Journalist
Playwright
Poet
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Short Story Writer
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Dublin city
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Kissing
Lamps
Lips
Flame
Stones
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Hair
Pale
Alone
Beneath
Woman
Flames
Women
Stone
Flare
Heart
Solitude
Daylight

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