“With such glad dreams I sought this holy place,
And now with wondering eyes and heart I stand
Before this supreme mystery of Love:
A kneeling girl with passionless pale face,
An angel with a lily in his hand,
And over both with outstretched wings the Dove.”
By: Oscar Wilde
Excerpt from: Ave Maria Plena Gratia
Selected Poems by O.Wilde
- A Vision
- Holy Week At Genoa
- Magdalen Walks
- On The Massacre of Christians in Bulgaria
- Sonnet to Liberty
- The Ballad of Reading Gaol
- To Milton
External links
- Oscar Wilde Poetry at Bartelby
Photo By: RichardPhoto of Magdalen College Oxford where Oscar Wilde studied