It is not a carol of joy or glee,
But a prayer that he sends from his heart's deep core...
I know why the caged bird sings!


Sympathy (1899), st. 3


It is not a carol of joy or glee, But a prayer that he sends from his heart's deep core... I know why the caged bird sings!

It is not a carol of joy or glee, But a prayer that he sends from his heart's deep core... I know why the caged bird sings!

It is not a carol of joy or glee, But a prayer that he sends from his heart's deep core... I know why the caged bird sings!

It is not a carol of joy or glee, But a prayer that he sends from his heart's deep core... I know why the caged bird sings!