Let the reader picture to himself the open coffin with the corpse of the lovely girl, surrounded by the hired mourners singing their dismal De profundis in hoarse voices. |
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But the De profundis has only eight verses and so it is not surprising that all of it should have been adapted. |
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He had sung the de profundis of the psalmist in the hope of the vita nuova of Dante. |
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Of particular interest is the fact that after Vespers the De profundis devotion was to follow immediately the performance of three polyphonic votive antiphons. |
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One of the most lyrical and powerful passages of the De Profundis can be heard towards its very conclusion. |
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Crosland, vindictively reacted to Douglas's discovery that De Profundis was addressed to him and defensively tried to distance him from Wilde's scandalous reputation. |
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Douglas lost after a reading of De Profundis refuted his claims. |
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