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Hélas Lyrics by Oscar Wilde

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To drift with every passion till my soul
Is a stringed lute on which all winds can play
Is it for this that I have given away
Mine ancient wisdom, and austere control?
Methinks my life is a twice-written scroll
Scrawled over on some boyish holiday
With idle songs for pipe and virelay,
Which do but mar the secret of the whole.
Surely there was a time I might have trod
The sunlit heights, and from life's dissonance
Struck one clear chord to reach the ears of God:
Is that time dead? Lo, with a little rod
I did but touch the honey of romance—
And must I lose a soul's inheritance?

About “Hélas” by Oscar Wilde

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"Hélas" is credited to Oscar Wilde. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Hélas" appears on "Poems".

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