"Under the Balcony", page 1

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Oscar Wilde
1854–1900

"Under the Balcony." Autograph manuscript signed, ca. 1884. 4 p.

Autograph manuscript signed, ca. 1884. 4 p.

Gift of Lucia Moreira Salles, 2008

MA 7258.8
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Under the Balcony
[in another hand:] by Oscar Wilde

O beautiful star with the crimson mouth!
    O moon with the brows of gold!
Rise up, rise up, from the odorous south!
        And light for my love her way,
        Lest her little feet should stray
    On the windy hill and the wold!
O beautiful star with the crimson mouth!
    O moon with the brows of gold!