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Oscar Wilde. «Happy Prince» (audio with text)

High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his sword-hilt.

Oscar Wilde. The Picture of Dorian Gray

Chapter 1
The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn.

Oscar Wilde. The Nightingale and the Rose (audio with text)

 «She said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses,» cried the young Student; «but in all my garden there is no red rose.»

From her nest in the hole-oak tree the Nightingale heard him, and she looked out through the leaves, and wondered.

«No red rose in all my garden!» he cried, and his beautiful eyes filled with tears. «Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for want of a red rose is my life made wretched.»

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