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458. Libertatis Sacra Fames by Oscar Wilde

458. Libertatis Sacra Fames by Oscar Wilde

FromClassic Poetry Aloud


458. Libertatis Sacra Fames by Oscar Wilde

FromClassic Poetry Aloud

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Released:
Apr 11, 2009
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O Wilde read by Classic Poetry Aloud:
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Giving voice to the poetry of the past.

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Libertatis Sacra Fames
by Oscar Wilde(1854 – 1900)

Albeit nurtured in democracy,
And liking best that state republican
Where every man is Kinglike and no man
Is crowned above his fellows, yet I see,
Spite of this modern fret for Liberty,
Better the rule of One, whom all obey,
Than to let clamorous demagogues betray
Our freedom with the kiss of anarchy.

Wherefore I love them not whose hands profane
Plant the red flag upon the piled-up street
For no right cause, beneath whose ignorant reign
Arts, Culture, Reverence, Honour, all things fade,
Save Treason and the dagger of her trade,
And Murder with his silent bloody feet.


First aired: 26 Feb 2008

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Reading © Classic Poetry Aloud 2009
Released:
Apr 11, 2009
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