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" How can the bird that is born for joy
Sit in a cage and sing?
How can a child, when fears annoy,
But droop his tender wing,
And forget his youthful spring? "

William Blake , Songs of Innocence and of Experience


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William Blake quote : How can the bird that is born for joy<br />Sit in a cage and sing?<br />How can a child, when fears annoy,<br />But droop his tender wing,<br />And forget his youthful spring?