Oscar Wilde. He was a particularly plain boy — unfortunately ugly — I pitied him for it. As the man was in a semi-comatose condition, I did not venture to administer the Holy Viaticum ; still I must add that he could be roused and was roused from this state in my presence. Wilde won the Newdigate Prize for his poem " Ravenna ", which reflected on his visit there in the previous year, and he duly read it at Encaenia. The initial vigour and excitement which he brought to the job began to fade as administration, commuting and office life became tedious.
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