I never saw a man who looked
With such a wistful eye
Upon that little tent of blue
Which prisoners call the sky.
Source: The Ballad of Reading Gaol, pt. 1.
-- Oscar Wilde, (Oct 16 1856-1900), Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist; He was noted for his flamboyant witty, sophisticated plays, e.g., The Importance of Being Ernest, 1895.