<P> The love that dare not speak its name is a phrase from the poem "Two Loves" by Lord Alfred Douglas, published in 1894 . It was mentioned at Oscar Wilde's gross indecency trial and is usually interpreted as a euphemism for homosexuality (although Wilde denied that it was). </P> <P> In Wilde's definition, "the love that dare not speak its name" was: </P> <P>... such a great affection of an elder for a younger man...such as Plato made the very basis of his philosophy...It is that deep, spiritual affection that is as pure as it is perfect...There is nothing unnatural about it . It is intellectual, and it repeatedly exists between an elder and a younger man, when the elder man has intellect, and the younger man has all the joy, hope and glamour of life before him . </P>

A love that dares to speak its name