I Know What The Caged Bird Feels,

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, Ah Me, When His Wing Is Bruised And His Bosom Sore,- When He Beats His Bars And Would Be Free; It Is Not A Carol Of Joy Or Glee, But A Prayer That He Sends From His Heart's Deep Core, But A Plea, That Upward To Heaven He Flings- I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings!

What Joe Hamilton Lacked More Than Anything Else In The World Was Some One To Kick Him. Many A Man Who Might Have Lived Decently And Become A Fairly Respectable Citizen Has Gone To The Dogs For The Want Of Some One To Administer A Good Resounding Kick At The Right Time. It Is Corrective And Clarifying.

We Wear The Mask That Grins And Lies.

Oh, How With More Than Dreams The Soul Is Torn, Ere Sleep Comes Down To Soothe The Weary Eyes.

People Are Taking It For Granted That [the Negro] Ought Not To Work With His Head. And It Is So Easy For These People Among Whom We Are Living To Believe This; It Flatters And Satisfies Their Self-complacency.