You Know Full Well As I Do

I Am No Bird; And No Net Ensnares Me; I Am A Free Human Being With An Independent Will.

The Ease Of His Manner Freed Me From Painful Restraint; The Friendly Frankness, As Correct As Cordial, With Which He Treated Me, Drew Me To Him

As Much Good-will May Be Conveyed In One Hearty Word As In Many.

Liberty Lends Us Her Wings And Hope Guides Us By Her Star.

The Vehemence Of Emotion, Stirred By Grief And Love Within Me, Was Claiming Mastery, And Struggling For Full Sway; And Asserting A Right To Predominate: To Overcome, To Live, Rise, And Reign At Last; Yes,--and To Speak.