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De profundis

 
Irish Literature Companion: De Profundis
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De Profundis (1905), the accepted title of a long, accusatory letter written by Oscar Wilde in Reading Gaol in January-March 1897, and addressed to Lord Alfred Douglas, with whom he had the homosexual affair that led to his trial and imprisonment.

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De profundis (dā prōfūn'dēs) [Lat.,=from the depths], the opening words of Psalm 130, one of the penitential Psalms, in Jerome's Latin version (see Vulgate); also used as a title for the Psalm.

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Out of the depths. The first words of Psalm cxxx - Vulgate.

 
 

 

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