Take any bird and put it in a cage,
And all your good intentions then engage
To raise it tenderly with meat and drink,
With all the dainties of which you can think,
And keep it as unspotted as you might;
Although his golden cage be ever bright,
This bird would rather twenty-thousandfold
Be in a forest that is rude and cold,
Be eating worms and live in wretchedness.