John Townsend Trowbridge Quote

"The birds can fly, an' why can't I? Must we give in," says he, with a grin, "'T the blackbird an' phoebe are smarter 'n we be? Jest fold our hands, an' see the swaller An' blackbird an' catbird beat us holler?... Jest show me that! er prove 't that bat Hez got more brains thans's in my hat, An' I'll back down, an' not till then!"


Vagabonds: And Other Poems (ed. 1871)


The birds can fly, an' why can't I? Must we give in, says he, with a grin, 'T the blackbird an' phoebe are smarter 'n we be? Jest fold our hands, an' ...

The birds can fly, an' why can't I? Must we give in, says he, with a grin, 'T the blackbird an' phoebe are smarter 'n we be? Jest fold our hands, an' ...

The birds can fly, an' why can't I? Must we give in, says he, with a grin, 'T the blackbird an' phoebe are smarter 'n we be? Jest fold our hands, an' ...

The birds can fly, an' why can't I? Must we give in, says he, with a grin, 'T the blackbird an' phoebe are smarter 'n we be? Jest fold our hands, an' ...