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To: tbird5

Whitman (then in his 60s, with a flowing, white beard), Wilde wrote that there was “no doubt” about the great American poet’s sexual orientation—”I have the kiss of Walt Whitman still on my lips,” he boasted. !!!???


3 posted on 08/27/2005 5:03:19 PM PDT by tbird5
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To: tbird5
Not necessarily to be believed.

However, Oscar Wilde was one of the most humorous writers I ever found.

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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. -- Wilde

4 posted on 08/27/2005 5:28:34 PM PDT by beyond the sea ("I was just the spark the universe chose ....." --- Cindy Sheehan (barf alert))
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