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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ELEGY IN NEWGATE, by WILLIAM COBBETT
First Line: The curfew tolls the hour of locking up
Last Line: And leaves the cell to treason and to me.
Subject(s): Cobbett, William (1763-1835); Prisons & Prisoners; Convicts
First Line: The curfew tolls the hour of locking up
Last Line: And leaves the cell to treason and to me.
Subject(s): Cobbett, William (1763-1835); Prisons & Prisoners; Convicts
The Curfew tolls the hour of locking up,
The grating bolts turn heavy on the key,
The turn-key hastens on beef-steaks to sup,
And leaves the cell to treason and to me.
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