I would not a bit mind sleeping in the cool grass in summer, and when …

Oscar Wilde
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I would not a bit mind sleeping in the cool grass in summer, and when winter came on sheltering myself by the warm close-thatched rick, or under the penthouse of a great barn, provided I had love in my heart. ✨ Oscar Wilde (1961). DE PROFUNDIS, p.10, VICTORIA INSTITUTIONS
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I would not a bit mind sleeping in the cool grass in summer, and when winter came on sheltering myself by the warm close-thatched rick, or under the penthouse of a great barn, provided I had love in my heart. ✨ Oscar Wilde (1961). DE PROFUNDIS, p.10, VICTORIA INSTITUTIONS

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