Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde: The Young King and The Remarkable Rocket

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HE MISSED INDEED AT TIMES THE FINE FREEDOM OF HIS FOREST LIFE M AND WAS ALWAYS APT TO CHAFE AT Io THE TEDious CouRT CEREMONIES THAT OCCUPIED SO MUCH OF EACH DAY AND AS SOON AS HE COULD ESCAPE FROM THE COUNCIL BOARD OR AUDIENCE CHAMBER HE WOULD RUN DOWN THE GREAT STAIRCASE AND WANDER FROM ROOM TO ROOM LIKE ONE WHO ITH WASSEEKING IN BEAUTY AN ANODYNE FROM PAIN UPON THESE JOuRNEYS OF DISCOVERY AS HE CALLED THEM HE WOULD SOMETIMES BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE FAIR HAIRED COURT PAGES WITH THEIR FLOATING MANTLES AND FLUTTERING RIBANDS BuT MORE OFTEN HE wouLD BE ALONE FEELING THROUGH A CERTAIN THAT THE SECRETS OF ART ARE QuICK INSTINCT WHICH WAS AL BEST LEARNED IN SECRET MOST A DIVINATION AND THAT BEAUTY LIKE WISDOM Loves THE LONELY