When roving fancies seize upon my feet.

But am I free? Can I be truly free

When that which lives within me is repressed,

When my true self in vain from deep within

Doth clamor for the right of self-expression?

What hideous mockery of freedom this!

Put me in jail, put me in jail for life,

Let bread and water be my only fare,

Make rats and spiders my associates.

But have the light into my dungeon pour