Charmides and Other Poems

by Oscar Wilde

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Wilde’s Poems, a selection of which is given in this volume, were first published in volume form in 1881, and were reprinted four times before the end of 1882.  A new Edition with additional poems, including Ravenna, The Sphinx, and The Ballad of Reading Goal, was first published (limited issues on hand-made paper and Japanese vellum) by Methuen & Co. in March 1908. 

A further Edition (making the seventh) with some omissions from the issue of 1908, but including two new poems, was published in September, 1909.  Eighth Edition, November 1909.  Ninth Edition, December 1909.  Tenth Edition, December 1910.  Eleventh Edition, December, 1911.  Twelfth Edition, May, 1913.

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