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The sin was mine I did not understand. So now is music prisoned in her cave, Save where some ebbing desultory wave Frets with its restless whirls this meagre strand.

Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde
Age: 46 †
Born: 1854
Born: October 16
Died: 1900
Died: November 30
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Dublin city
Oscar O'Flahertie Wills Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde
Mine
Strands
Sin
Cave
Understand
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Desultory
Music
Restless
Ebbing
Forgiveness
Frets
Wave
Meagre
Save
Whirls
Mines
Strand

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