Yet each man kills the thing he loves", The Ballad of Reading Gaol.
This author's relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas led to his imprisonment on sodomy laws,  during which time he penned De Profundis. After his release from prison, he wrote a poem  containing the line "Yet each man kills the thing he loves", The Ballad of Reading Gaol. This author of An Ideal Husband and Lady Windemere's Fan wrote one play in which Gwendolyn Fairfax loves the title character in part due to his name and in his only novel, this author describes the title character's destruction of a painting done by Basil Hallward. For 10 points, identify this Irish writer of The Importance of Being Earnest and The Picture of Dorian Gray.
This author's relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas led to his imprisonment on sodomy laws,  during which time he penned De Profundis.
Oscar (Fingal O’Flahertie Wills) Wilde