![]() "He is quite like a narcissus - so white and gold. Frank Harris also gave him extravagant praise as a sonneteer, comparing him with Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw compared him with Shelley. Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, compiler of The Oxford Book of English Verse, believed that Douglas wrote the finest sonnets of his time, sonnets that few other English poets had ever equalled. Some of the most well-known people of his day had the highest praise for his work. Known to most as the friend of Oscar Wilde, Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas or "Bosie" as he preferred to be called (a nickname gained in childhood), was an accomplished poet, writer, and editor. The 1997 film Wilde tells the story about his relationship with Oscar Wilde. "Bosie", as he was known to his friends, married Olive Cunstance in 1902 and they had a son, Raymond, that same year. ![]() Lord Alfred Douglas was the lover of Oscar Wilde. Last update of this page: August 11 th 2017 ![]() Matt & Andrej Koymasky - Famous GLTB - Alfred Douglas - 1 ![]()
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