“ It is only what is good in Man That wastes and withers there ”
Oscar Wilde, Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898). copy citation
| Author | Oscar Wilde |
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| Source | Ballad of Reading Gaol |
| Topic | waste good |
| Date | 1898 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/301/301-h/301-h.htm |
Context
“With bars they blur the gracious moon, And blind the goodly sun: And they do well to hide their Hell, For in it things are done That Son of God nor son of Man Ever should look upon! The vilest deeds like poison weeds Bloom well in prison-air: It is only what is good in Man That wastes and withers there: Pale Anguish keeps the heavy gate, And the Warder is Despair For they starve the little frightened child Till it weeps both night and day: And they scourge the weak, and flog the fool, And gibe the old and grey, And some grow mad, and all grow bad, And none a word may say.”
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