George Moses Horton Quote

My genius from a boy
Has fluttered like a bird within my heart;
But could not thus confined her power employ,
Impatient to depart.


The Black Bard of North Carolina: George Moses Horton and His Poetry (ed. Univ of North Carolina Press, 1997) - ISBN: 9780807846483


My genius from a boy Has fluttered like a bird within my heart; But could not thus confined her power employ, Impatient to depart.

My genius from a boy Has fluttered like a bird within my heart; But could not thus confined her power employ, Impatient to depart.

My genius from a boy Has fluttered like a bird within my heart; But could not thus confined her power employ, Impatient to depart.

My genius from a boy Has fluttered like a bird within my heart; But could not thus confined her power employ, Impatient to depart.