In Bonds + 

Of the poor bird that cannot fly + 

Kindly you think and mournfully; + 

For prisoners and for exiles all + 

You let the tears of pity fall; + 

And very true the grief should be + 

That mourns the bondage of the free. + 

The soul⁠—she has a fatherland; + 

Binds her not many a tyrant’s hand? + 

And the winged spirit has a home, + 

But can she always homeward come? + 

Poor souls, with all their wounds and foes, + 

Will you not also pity those? + 