 THE BIRD, LET LOOSE. (AIR. — BEETHOVEN. ) THE bird, let loose in eastern skies,* When hastening fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies Where idle warblers roam. But high she shoots through air and light, Above all low delay, Where nothing...  The first (-sixth) 'Standard' reader - Страница 110по James Stuart Laurie - 1863Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1856 - 596 страници
...Returning fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies Where idle wanderers roam. " But high she shoots through air and light, Above all low delay;...stain Of sinful passion free, Aloft, through virtue's purer air, To steer my course to Thee ! " No sin to cloud, no lure to «tay My soul, as home she springs... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1856 - 588 страници
...Returning fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies Where idle wanderers roam. " But high she shoots through air and light, Above all low delay...flight, Nor shadow dims her way. " So grant me, Lord 1 from every stain Of sinful passion free, Aloft, through virtue's purer air, To steer my course to... | |
 | Willoughby William T. Balfour - 1856 - 366 страници
...home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies Where idle warblers roam. But high she shoots thro' air, and light, Above all low delay ; Where nothing...flight, Nor shadow dims her way. So grant me, Lord, from earthly care, From pride, and passion free, Aloft thro' faith, and love's pure air, To hold my course... | |
 | Boston Sunday School Teachers Institute - 1862 - 130 страници
...Returning fondly home , Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies Where idle warblers roam; But high she shoots through air and light, Above all low delay;...earthly bounds her flight, Nor shadow dims her way. 2 So crant me, Lord, from every snare And stain of passion free, Aloft through virtue's purer air,... | |
 | Church of the Disciples (Boston, Mass.) - 1856 - 676 страници
...fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies Where idler warblers roam ; — 2 But high she shoots through air and light, Above all low delay,...earthly bounds her flight, Nor shadow dims her way. 3 So grant me, Lord, from every snare 0f sinful passion free, Aloft through faith's serener air To... | |
 | Henry Ward Beecher - 1856 - 934 страници
...Returning fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies Where idler warblers roam. 2. But high she shoots through air and light, Above all low delay,...earthly bounds her flight, Nor shadow dims her way. 3. So grant, me, Lord, from every snare Of sinful passion free, Aloft through faith's serener air To... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1856 - 408 страници
...hastening fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor Hies Where idle warblers roam. But high she shoots through air and light, Above all low delay,...earthly bounds her flight. Nor shadow dims her way. * The carrier-pigeon, it is well known, flies at an elevated pitch, in order to surmount every obstacle... | |
 | Henry Ward Beecher - 1856 - 578 страници
...fondly home, ÎS'c'er stoops to eartli her wing, nor flies Where idler warblers roam. 2. But high she shoots through air and light. Above all low delay,...earthly bounds her flight, Nor shadow dims her way. 3. So grant me. Lord, from every snare Of sinful passion free, Aloft through faith's sercner air To... | |
 | James Thomson - 1856 - 344 страници
...hastening fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, or flies Where idler wanderers roam ; But high she shoots through air and light, Above all low delay, Where nothing earthly bounds her flight, Or shadow dims her way. But neither the wonderful instinct of this undeviating messenger, nor even... | |
 | James Thomson - 1856 - 346 страници
...hastening fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, or flies Where idler wanderers roam ; But high she shoots through air and light, Above all low delay, Where nothing earthly bounds her flight, Or shadow dims her way. But neither the wonderful instinct of this undeviating messenger, nor even... | |
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