I tried to put a bird in a cage. O fool that I am! For the bird was Truth. Sing merrily, Truth: I tried to put Truth in a cage! And when I had the bird in the cage, O fool that I am! Why, it broke my pretty cage. Sing merrily, Truth: I tried to put Truth in a cage! And when the bird was flown from the cage, O fool that I am! Why, I had nor bird nor cage. Sing merrily, Truth: I tried to put Truth in a cage! Heigh-ho! Truth in a cage. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WOOING by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR EVENING CLOUDS by FRANCIS LEDWIDGE THE ANGEL'S SONG; CAROL by EDMUND HAMILTON SEARS CARELESS LINES ON LABOUR by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS THE KNIGHTS: THE POET AND HIS RIVALS by ARISTOPHANES |