George MacDonald
George MacDonald
(10 December 1824 – 18 September 1905 / Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland)
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In Bonds - Poem by George MacDonald
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?
Poems by George MacDonald : 155 / 433
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Poem Submitted: Friday, April 9, 2010
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