1787 E. Smith iii. 86 Last night, asleep upon my prison bed, A vine, in three luxuriant branches spread.
1810 R. Southey xvi. 180 Despairingly, he let himself again Fall prostrate on his prison-bed of stone.
1990 A. W. Price 225 The tone is closer to that of Socrates' affectionate toying with Phaedo's hair as Phaedo sits beneath him by his prison bed.