Prison PoetryFront matterReading editionChapter navigation86 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterPrison Poetry, BY H. P. McKNIGHT.DEDICATION.PREFACE.INTRODUCTION.PRELUDE.My Prison Garden.Rhyme and Reason.Freedom.God Bless ThemForget? No, Never!Mother.A Prisoner's Thanksgiving.Hope—Eternity.The Prisoner's Mother.How To Be Happy In Prison.In Prison.Erratic Musings of Unfettered Thought.INFLUENCE.Perfect Peace.Be Lenient to the Errant One.Last Night in the Dungeon.HOPE.Would They Know?Guilt's Queries and Truth's Replies.A Letter From Home.The Reformer.Reflections.The Prisoner Released.Prison Pains.The under Dog.Kindness.There Is No Death.Dreams.The Great "O. P."Coming in and Going Out.Soul Sculpture.Weight and Immortality of Words.Which Loved Her Best?The Storms of Life.Love's Victim.A Prisoner's Lamentation.Our Board of Managers.A TRIBUTE TO Assistant Deputy Warden L. H. Wells.One and a Few.Midnight Musings.A Query.Stray Thoughts.Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Judged.The Convict's Prayer.Wine vs. Water.The Fall of Sodom.A TRIBUTE TO THE WOLFE SISTERS.Prisoners.Two Letters.A Prayer For Justice.Birthday Musings.A TRIBUTE TO THE WOLFE SISTERS.To A Departed Idol.Acrostic To Warden and Mrs. E. G. Coffin.A Prison Vision.ACROSTIC TRIBUTE TO CAPT. J. S. ACHESON.My Mother.A Memorial Ode.Lines To My Cell.A TRIBUTE TO Dr. G. A. Tharp.An Appreciated Friend.Salome's Revenge.A TRIBUTE TO CAPT. GEORGE W. HESS.My Lawyer.A Sad Warning.ACROSTIC TO J. C. LANGENBERGER, Captain of the O. P. Night Watch.She Loves Me Yet.ACROSTIC TRIBUTE TO HARRY SMITH.The Phantom Boat.AN INITIAL ACROSTIC.ACROSTIC TRIBUTE TO DR. H. R. PARKER.Lines To My Wife.Out of the Depths.Ella Ree's Revenge.The Murderer's Dream.ACROSTIC TRIBUTE TO GOD'S MESSENGERS, CHAPLAIN AND MRS. C. L. WINGET.The Mind is the Standard of the Man.Cell Thoughts.THE AUTHOR'S FAREWELL.CONCLUSION.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →Prison Poetry, BY H. P. McKNIGHT.All chapters and sections (86)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsPrison Poetry, BY H. P. McKNIGHT.DEDICATION.PREFACE.INTRODUCTION.PRELUDE.My Prison Garden.Rhyme and Reason.Freedom.God Bless ThemForget? No, Never!Mother.A Prisoner's Thanksgiving.Hope—Eternity.The Prisoner's Mother.How To Be Happy In Prison.In Prison.Erratic Musings of Unfettered Thought.INFLUENCE.Perfect Peace.Be Lenient to the Errant One.Last Night in the Dungeon.HOPE.Would They Know?Guilt's Queries and Truth's Replies.A Letter From Home.The Reformer.Reflections.The Prisoner Released.Prison Pains.The under Dog.Kindness.There Is No Death.Dreams.The Great "O. P."Coming in and Going Out.Soul Sculpture.Weight and Immortality of Words.Which Loved Her Best?The Storms of Life.Love's Victim.A Prisoner's Lamentation.Our Board of Managers.A TRIBUTE TO Assistant Deputy Warden L. H. Wells.One and a Few.Midnight Musings.A Query.Stray Thoughts.Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Judged.The Convict's Prayer.Wine vs. Water.The Fall of Sodom.A TRIBUTE TO THE WOLFE SISTERS.Prisoners.Two Letters.A Prayer For Justice.Birthday Musings.A TRIBUTE TO THE WOLFE SISTERS.To A Departed Idol.Acrostic To Warden and Mrs. E. G. Coffin.A Prison Vision.ACROSTIC TRIBUTE TO CAPT. J. S. ACHESON.My Mother.A Memorial Ode.Lines To My Cell.A TRIBUTE TO Dr. G. A. Tharp.An Appreciated Friend.Salome's Revenge.A TRIBUTE TO CAPT. GEORGE W. HESS.My Lawyer.A Sad Warning.ACROSTIC TO J. C. LANGENBERGER, Captain of the O. P. Night Watch.She Loves Me Yet.ACROSTIC TRIBUTE TO HARRY SMITH.The Phantom Boat.AN INITIAL ACROSTIC.ACROSTIC TRIBUTE TO DR. H. R. PARKER.Lines To My Wife.Out of the Depths.Ella Ree's Revenge.The Murderer's Dream.ACROSTIC TRIBUTE TO GOD'S MESSENGERS, CHAPLAIN AND MRS. C. L. WINGET.The Mind is the Standard of the Man.Cell Thoughts.THE AUTHOR'S FAREWELL.CONCLUSION.COPYRIGHT, BY H. P. M'KNIGHT, A. D. 1896.◇Prison Poetry, BY H. P. McKNIGHT. →
