I never saw a man who looked With such a wistful eye Upon that little tent of blue Which… — Oscar Wilde
I never saw a man who looked With such a wistful eye Upon that little tent of blue Which prisoners call the sky.
The Ballad of Reading Gaol · 1898
★ 3.8Provenance
Current citation
Wilde, Oscar. "The Ballad of Reading Gaol." Oscar Wilde: The Major Works, edited by Isobel Murray. Oxford University Press, 2008.
Original citation
Wilde, Oscar [Published as C.3.3.]. The Ballad of Reading Gaol. London: Leonard Smithers, 1898, pt. 1, st. 3.