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Wilde, Oscar.
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Wilde, Oscar.
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Wilde, Oscar.
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comprising three lines from 'The Garden of Eros' ("Creamy meadow-sweet | Whiter than Juno's throat, and odorous | as all arabia"), 1 page, folio (folded in half), signed and dated, New York, 8 May 1882, band of discolouration where previously framed
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A quotation produced during Wilde's first lecture tour of the USA. These lines from Wilde's early poem 'The Garden of Eros' describe the red convolvulus.

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