Lord Alfred Douglas

thumb|Lord Alfred Douglas Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas (22 October 1870 – 20 March 1945), also known as Bosie Douglas, was an English poet and journalist, and a lover of Oscar Wilde. On converting to Catholicism in 1911, he repudiated homosexuality, and in a Catholic magazine, Plain English, expressed openly antisemitic and reactionary views, but rejected the policies of Nazi Germany. Quotes I am the Love that dare not speak its name. "Two Loves", in The Chameleon (December 1894), widely misattributed to Wilde The placid pug that paces in the park. "The Placid Pug", in The Placid Pug, and Other Rhymes, by the Belgian Hare (London, 1906) See: Elizabeth Knowles, The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, 7th ed. (2009), History of the Dictionary, p. xiv External links Category:1870 births Category:1945 deaths Category:Poets from England Category:Catholics from England Category:Journalists from England Category:LGBT people Category:University of Oxford alumni Category:Antisemites Category:Novelists from England Category:Memoirists from England Category:Conspiracy theorists