
source: George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.294
God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.
source: "A Dictionary of Environmental Quotations" by Barbara K. Rodes and Rice Odell, (p. 22), 1992.
topic: Animal, Men, Bird, Kindness To Animals, Migratory Birds
My soul-bird loves my body-cage Only when it is kept fit, Pure and absolutely immaculate.
topic: Bird, Soul, Body, Love Bird, Immaculate
I know why the caged bird sings.
source: Title of book (1969), taken from the last line of "Sympathy" by Paul Laurence Dunbar in Lyrics of Hearthside (1899). Cf. Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (1979) 567:10
topic: Inspirational, Children, Book, Carols, Best Poem
topic: Jesus, Bird, Stronger, Divine Power, Love Bird
source: Source: www.mirror.co.uk