Hoofs of Pegasus

<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[Pg 56]</SPAN></span></p> <h2>CAGED</h2> <div class="poetry-container"><div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0"><span class="bigfont">I</span> HAVE a caged bird,</span> <span class="i0">He beats the bars;</span> <span class="i0">Wild and bright his eyes,</span> <span class="i0">On his breast, scars.</span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">An oriole whistles;</span> <span class="i0">My bird has not a note,</span> <span class="i0">Though I can see the song</span> <span class="i0">Trembling in his throat.</span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Other birds fly south</span> <span class="i0">To the green pampas floor,</span> <span class="i0">But in the blue air</span> <span class="i0">Mine spreads his wings no more.</span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">I have a caged bird,</span> <span class="i0">He neither flies nor sings,</span> <span class="i0">But when the house is still</span> <span class="i0">I hear the beat of wings.</span></div> </div> </div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />