Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE FOOL'S SONG, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS


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First Line: I tried to put a bird in a cage
Last Line: Heigh-ho! Truth in a cage.
Subject(s): Truth


I tried to put a bird in a cage.
O fool that I am!
For the bird was Truth.
Sing merrily, Truth: I tried to put
Truth in a cage!

And when I had the bird in the cage,
O fool that I am!
Why, it broke my pretty cage.
Sing merrily, Truth: I tried to put
Truth in a cage!

And when the bird was flown from the cage,
O fool that I am!
Why, I had nor bird nor cage.
Sing merrily, Truth: I tried to put
Truth in a cage!
Heigh-ho! Truth in a cage.





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