John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8092 Osar Wilde 1854-1900 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8092 |
| AUTHOR: | Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) |
| QUOTATION: | 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. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Ballad of Reading Gaol. |
| WORKS: | Oscar Wilde Collection. |