I never saw a man who looked With such a wistful eye Upon that little …

Oscar Wilde
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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 pt. 1, st. 3 (1898)
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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 pt. 1, st. 3 (1898)

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