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IN PRAISE OF LORD ALFRED DOUGLAS.(Poem)

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| July 01, 2001 | Colebatch, Hal | COPYRIGHT 2001 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

 
   Lord Alfred Douglas's nonsense rhymes 
   are actually quite good at times, 
   with his kamp panthers, sharks and bears 
   and some odd thing with Belgian hares. 
 
   But what I like a great deal better 
   is the typical Alfred Douglas letter: 
   some masterpiece of vicious spite 
   --he had both bark and rabid bite-- 
 
   corrosive, hate-filled, from the heart, 
   that raised insults to works of art. 
   He knew the subtle, knew the gross 
   (Aunt Patrick White did not come close). 
 
   He broke his poisons on each head. 
   When you'd been Douglased, it was said 
   you knew the fact. ...

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