Dolly Wilde
@dollywilde.bsky.social
Letters of the only Wilde who loved women
I seem to gather together all my love & appreciation for you the moment your back is turned, & am seized with a longing for you that leaves me empty-handed with despair.
February 9, 2026 at 11:50 AM
I seem to gather together all my love & appreciation for you the moment your back is turned, & am seized with a longing for you that leaves me empty-handed with despair.
Just summer laziness darling
love and thoughts Dolly
love and thoughts Dolly
February 9, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Just summer laziness darling
love and thoughts Dolly
love and thoughts Dolly
I come to you thrilled & full of love—meet me how you like! Oh! but love me, love me, darling.
February 9, 2026 at 3:50 AM
I come to you thrilled & full of love—meet me how you like! Oh! but love me, love me, darling.
Quarrel with your lover if needs be—be cross, disagreeable, indifferent or cold but always be within love-making distance! Surely this is a lesson never to be un-learnt.
February 8, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Quarrel with your lover if needs be—be cross, disagreeable, indifferent or cold but always be within love-making distance! Surely this is a lesson never to be un-learnt.
6 a.m.
It's dawn, my darling, and I am just home from Lady C.'s ball.
It's dawn, my darling, and I am just home from Lady C.'s ball.
February 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
6 a.m.
It's dawn, my darling, and I am just home from Lady C.'s ball.
It's dawn, my darling, and I am just home from Lady C.'s ball.
What an excellent, flattering mood I’m in darling. I look 20 & feel 16 too. But I’m treading gently lest the desert stretch before me at crossing.
February 8, 2026 at 3:50 PM
What an excellent, flattering mood I’m in darling. I look 20 & feel 16 too. But I’m treading gently lest the desert stretch before me at crossing.
Osbert Sitwell was at lunch & I brought you into the conversation—at the risk of compromise—with devilish cunning.
February 8, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Osbert Sitwell was at lunch & I brought you into the conversation—at the risk of compromise—with devilish cunning.
How is Romaine? Please remember me to her—she is always an exciting thought in one’s head!
February 8, 2026 at 7:50 AM
How is Romaine? Please remember me to her—she is always an exciting thought in one’s head!
I want to thank you for the bouquet, the pleasure is indescribable—like all enchantment & there is something sad about being unable to tell the secret of pleasure.
February 8, 2026 at 3:50 AM
I want to thank you for the bouquet, the pleasure is indescribable—like all enchantment & there is something sad about being unable to tell the secret of pleasure.
Was it today we lunched with that delicate blonde? Say I’m souffrante & make a hundred sincere excuses. I like her so much & would liked to have lunched
February 7, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Was it today we lunched with that delicate blonde? Say I’m souffrante & make a hundred sincere excuses. I like her so much & would liked to have lunched
My love to Romaine. Is she fading under prosperity? And to Mina & Djuna & darling Lily.
February 7, 2026 at 7:50 PM
My love to Romaine. Is she fading under prosperity? And to Mina & Djuna & darling Lily.
A horrid dream of desolation & you trying to rescue me has filled me with desire to be near you.
February 7, 2026 at 3:50 PM
A horrid dream of desolation & you trying to rescue me has filled me with desire to be near you.
Dear Snowdrop
I call you this because it combines delicacy with coldness and like the flower you seem to be folding snow petals round yourself, content with your own essence.
I call you this because it combines delicacy with coldness and like the flower you seem to be folding snow petals round yourself, content with your own essence.
February 7, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Dear Snowdrop
I call you this because it combines delicacy with coldness and like the flower you seem to be folding snow petals round yourself, content with your own essence.
I call you this because it combines delicacy with coldness and like the flower you seem to be folding snow petals round yourself, content with your own essence.
How you inhabit my thoughts—how easily you take possession of my mind, subjugating me.
February 7, 2026 at 7:50 AM
How you inhabit my thoughts—how easily you take possession of my mind, subjugating me.
The women looked too entrancing—such slender white hips—such crisp heads!
February 7, 2026 at 3:50 AM
The women looked too entrancing—such slender white hips—such crisp heads!
I sought quick comfort in excess and it was you who soothed me with your own desire this time and filled me with that well-remembered delight. Oh! The force of your love as you gave it; making me cry out; darling
February 6, 2026 at 11:50 PM
I sought quick comfort in excess and it was you who soothed me with your own desire this time and filled me with that well-remembered delight. Oh! The force of your love as you gave it; making me cry out; darling
The last two days I have had a bad cold & a temperature—but I am paying for not allowing my pleasures to be interrupted & to-day am in bed—my death bed I feel.
February 6, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The last two days I have had a bad cold & a temperature—but I am paying for not allowing my pleasures to be interrupted & to-day am in bed—my death bed I feel.
Last night a starry night outside my windows and the exciting darkness full of your presence. I was assailed by the most furious desires.
February 6, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Last night a starry night outside my windows and the exciting darkness full of your presence. I was assailed by the most furious desires.
My bedroom is made for two and the little white boat lies moored beneath my three windows so that any lover could just step into my room any of these moon-light nights.
February 6, 2026 at 11:50 AM
My bedroom is made for two and the little white boat lies moored beneath my three windows so that any lover could just step into my room any of these moon-light nights.
I am in a trance & reality is only you & love.
February 6, 2026 at 7:50 AM
I am in a trance & reality is only you & love.
I am in a trance & reality is only you & love.
February 6, 2026 at 3:50 AM
I am in a trance & reality is only you & love.
I believe life could be one delightful sensation after another—I really do!
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 PM
I believe life could be one delightful sensation after another—I really do!
Fancy Esther being with you . . . Does she sleep in my bed? I don’t like that. Have you made listless love to her—out of charitable curiosity? Tell me if you have.
February 5, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Fancy Esther being with you . . . Does she sleep in my bed? I don’t like that. Have you made listless love to her—out of charitable curiosity? Tell me if you have.
you're still in my thoughts, & I'm wondering what you're really like. Sugar & spice and everything nice? All that plus something that disconcerts—is it cunning? Or hardness? Probably I'm wrong.
Let's meet again soon & I'll find out!
Let's meet again soon & I'll find out!
February 5, 2026 at 3:50 PM
you're still in my thoughts, & I'm wondering what you're really like. Sugar & spice and everything nice? All that plus something that disconcerts—is it cunning? Or hardness? Probably I'm wrong.
Let's meet again soon & I'll find out!
Let's meet again soon & I'll find out!
Where is Romaine’s small hand to comfort me with moody sympathy?
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Where is Romaine’s small hand to comfort me with moody sympathy?