{"id":127,"date":"2009-04-12T13:25:13","date_gmt":"2009-04-12T11:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alexhernandez.es\/poemaspoems\/the-dream-of-basil-hallward\/"},"modified":"2020-03-17T15:30:13","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T13:30:13","slug":"dream-of-basil-hallward","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alexhernandez.es\/en\/obras\/poemas\/dream-of-basil-hallward\/","title":{"rendered":"The dream of Basil Hallward"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6039 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/alexhernandez.es\/images\/basil-hallward-300x259.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexhernandez.es\/images\/basil-hallward-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alexhernandez.es\/images\/basil-hallward.jpg 592w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Your image<br \/>\nreaches me and leaves me<br \/>\nlike a muse.<\/p>\n<p>On your forehead like strokes<br \/>\nI see footprints of memories.<\/p>\n<p>And like a fugitive,<br \/>\nforeseeing that I&#8217;m arriving,<br \/>\nyour skin is a canvas that unravels.<\/p>\n<p>Basil Hallward is the name of a character in Oscar Wilde&#8217;s novel <em>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;field-keywords=the+picture+of+dorian+gray&amp;rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Athe+picture+of+dorian+gray\">The Picture of Dorian Gray<\/a>&#8220;<\/em>. 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On your forehead like strokes I see footprints of memories. And like a fugitive, foreseeing that I&#8217;m arriving, your skin is a canvas that unravels. Basil Hallward is the name of a character in Oscar Wilde&#8217;s novel &#8220;The Picture of Dorian Gray&#8220;. 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