A poem set at this place uses the recurring image of a man "who looked so wistfully at the day".
A poem set at this place uses the recurring image of a man "who looked so wistfully at the day". A man living here wrote that Christ "ranks with the poets" and that he doesn't "regret for a single moment having lived for pleasure". A poem set at this place was inspired by the death of Charles Thomas Wooldridge, a former member of the Royal Horse Guards. A poem set here notes that "some do it with a bitter look, some with a flattering word", while cowards use a kiss. While residing at this place, a man wrote a spiritually themed letter addressed to "Bosie", the son of the Marquess of Queensbury. A poem set at this place notes that "each man kills the thing he loves". For 10 points, name this place where De Profundis was written, the prison that Oscar Wilde wrote a "ballad" about.
A poem set at this place uses the recurring image of a man "who looked so wistfully at the day".
Reading Gaol (RED-ing JAIL) [or HM Prison Reading]