Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900, Robinson, Charles, ill · New York : Brentano's · leaf 59
onlight,and stain it with your own hearts-blood. Youmust sing to me with your breast against athorn. All night long you must sing to me,and the thorn must pierce your heart, and yourlife-blood must flow into my veins, and becomemine. Death is a great price to pay lor a redrose, cried the… … THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE are the bluebells that hide in the valley, andthe heather that blows on the hill. Yet Loveis better than Life, and what is the heart of abird compared to the heart of a man ? So she spread her brown wings for flight,and soared into the air. She swept over thegarden like…
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