Famous quotes containing the words caged bird, caged and/or bird:
“I know what the caged bird feels, alas!”
—Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906)
“The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom.”
—Maya Angelou (b. 1928)
“Then the little Hiawatha
Learned of every bird its language,
Learned their names and all their secrets,”
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)