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Olive Eleanor Custance (7 February 1874 – 12 February 1944), also known as Lady Alfred Douglas, was an English poet and wife of Lord Alfred Douglas. She was part of the aesthetic movement of the 1890s, and a contributor to The Yellow Book .
Sep 20, 2014 · Olive Custance was a successful poet in her own right during the decadent 1890s and 1900s. Like Douglas, her family were members of the landed gentry, residing at their country seat in Norfolk. But perhaps surprisingly given her genteel upbringing, Custance began writing decadent poetry from a young age and began to move in literary circles.
The Secret Garden. Within a walled enclosure, green with box, I found a garden of all beauty made. A world of flowers grew there; every shade Of colour fell upon the curious rocks That gave the garden an enchanted look.
Dec 12, 2017 · One oft-neglected fact about Olive Custance is that most of the poetry that made her a celebrated figure of the ‘decadent’ 1890s was the work of girl of between 15 and 17 and not of a mature woman [3].
The speaker personifies the spirit of twilight as a woman, representing the transition between day and night. The use of religious imagery, such as "aureoled cherubim" and "holy place," reflects the spiritual significance of the natural world during this time.
Abstract: Olive Custance has no independent entry in the Dictionary of National Biography. Yet she occupied a key position in the literary life of the late nineteenth century not just because of her writing but because of her relationships with figures such as John Lane, John Gray, Henry Harland, Richard Le Gallienne, and Lord Alfred Douglas ...
Apr 23, 2020 · OLIVE CUSTANCE WAS the long-suffering wife of Lord Alfred Douglas, the beautiful young man over whom Oscar Wilde lost his reputation, livelihood and family. But at the same time Lord Alfred was holding court in Oxford, his future wife, Olive, was already holding court in London.
