Pt. III, st. 35
The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898)
“For he who lives more lives than one
More deaths than one must die.”
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Oscar Wilde
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol
Pt. III, st. 22
The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898)
Source: The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poems
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More deaths than one must die." by Oscar Wilde?
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