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Olive Eleanor Custance (7 February 1874 – 12 February 1944), also known as Lady Alfred Douglas, [1] was an English poet and wife of Lord Alfred Douglas. She was part of the aesthetic movement of the 1890s, and a contributor to The Yellow Book .
An unpublished poem of Douglas’s described it as “Forever in the Press”, and their correspdonence and poetry continues to cast light on their unlikely, enduring union. This article includes significant, unpublished original work of Lord Alfred Douglas and Olive Custance, with the permission of the estate.
Sep 20, 2014 · In my talk for the LGBT History Festival, I will present the fascinating yet almost entirely unknown story of Olive Custance, Lady Alfred Douglas, based on my research into her diaries and correspondence with Douglas (held in the British Library and New York Public Library).
Dec 12, 2017 · Project MUSE, muse.jhu.edu/article/679212. The British writer, historian and television producer Jad Adams has produced a extensively researched biographical account of Olive Custance. It is now, by a few hundred words, the longest such work in print (the other two shorter ones are Father Sewell’s [1] and my own [2].)
Olive Custance. My poems (2) Titles list. Twilight. Spirit of Twilight, through your folded wings. I catch a glimpse of your averted face, And rapturous on a sudden, my soul sings. "Is not this common earth a holy place?" Spirit of Twilight, you are like a song. That sleeps, and waits a singer, - like a hymn.
The Waking of Spring (1895) [1] The Parting Hour (1895) [2] A Love Lay (1896) [3] Love’s Firstfruits. The Song Spinner. Twilight [4] Ideal. The Blue Mist. With a Book of Fairy Tales. Delight. Glamour of Gold. Vilanelle [5] Sunshine [6] Virelay: Regret. A Lament for the Leaves. Autumn Night. Spirit Speech. June. Harvest Moon. A Sleep Song. Fantasy.
Apr 23, 2020 · By FERDI McDERMOTT. OLIVE CUSTANCE WAS the long-suffering wife of Lord Alfred Douglas, the beautiful young man over whom Oscar Wilde lost his reputation, livelihood and family. But at the same time Lord Alfred was holding court in Oxford, his future wife, Olive, was already holding court in London.
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