O meadow lark, so wild and free,
It cannot be, it cannot be,
That men to merchandise your spell
Do close you in a wicker hell!
O hedgerow thrush so mad with glee,
it cannot be, it cannot be,
They rape you from your hawthorn foam
To make a cell of steel your home!
O blackbird in the orchard tree,
In cannot be, it cannot be,
That devils in a narrow cage
Would prison your melodic rage!
O you who live for liberty,
Can you believe that it can be,
That we of freedom's faith destroy
In dungeons, innocence and joy?
O decent folk who read this page,
If you should own a bird in cage,
Throw wide the door,-God gave it wings:
Then hear how in your heart it sings!
Captivity
Robert Service
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Poem topics: believe, faith, freedom, god, heart, home, innocence, joy, rape, tree, bird, wild, steel, wide, hear, narrow, door, prison, destroy, live, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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