One of his poems describes a place where "all, but Lust, is turned to dust / in Humanity's machine" and "every stone one lifts by day / Becomes one's heart by night".
This poet called England: "Queen of the restless fields of tideBefore whose feet the worlds divide". One poem by him describes the speaker's soul as a "twice-written scroll / Scrawled over on some boyish holiday" and "a stringed lute on which all winds can play". One of his poems describes a place where "all, but Lust, is turned to dust / in Humanity's machine" and "every stone one lifts by day / Becomes one's heart by night". Most of his poems were included in the 1881 collection, Poems, which launched his career. One poem by him tells of a refusal to let a red or white rose grow on a grave to tell "That (*) God's Son died for all". The sky is called a "little tent of blue" in that poem by him, which describes a figure who wears a cricket cap and whose "step seemed light and gay". That poem by him mentions an action that some do "with a bitter look" and that cowards do "with a kiss". For 10 points, name this Irish poet who declared that "Each man kills the thing he loves" in The Ballad of Reading Gaol.
This poet called England: "Queen of the restless fields of tideBefore whose feet the worlds divide".
Oscar (Fingal O\'Flahertie Willis) Wilde