The Ballad of Reading Gaol

THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL

By Oscar Wilde

In Memoriam C.T.W. Sometime Trooper of the Royal Horse Guards. Obiit H.M. Prison, Reading, Berkshire, July 7th, 1896 Presented by Project Gutenberg on the 99th Anniversary.

Contents:

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Version Two

Version One

I.

He did not wear his scarlet coat, For blood and wine are red, And blood and wine w...