Excerpt from The Prison Bard: Poems on Various Subjects

Perhaps they will give the reader a more distinct view of my inward soul, amid my trials and sufferings, than the book previously mentioned, as they are my private meditations.

I arranged them in the form of poetry for the amusement, improvement and profit of myself, as also for the profit of others who might read them. It was my practice to sing everything as I composed it, for two reasons - first, that I might the more readily commit the verses to memory - second, to be sure they were measured and accented properly. And the singing of some of the pieces, while at my work, when tempted, tried, disconsolate or joyful, has been a source of great comfort to my soul.

That they may prove as great a blessing to the reader, as did their composition to the suffering prisoner, is the desire of the Author, George Thompson.

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