| Thomas Moore - 1853 - 790 pages
...let loose in eastern ekies,1 When hast'ning fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor Шее Where idle warblers roam. But high she shoots through...earthly bounds her flight, Nor shadow dims her way. So grant me, GOB, from every care And stain of passion free, Aloft, through Virtue's purer air, To... | |
| Frederick Edward Gretton - English language - 1853 - 152 pages
...skies, When fondly hastening home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies Where idler wanderers roam ; But high she shoots through air and light,...earthly bounds her flight, Nor shadow dims her way. So grant me, God, from every snare Of sinful passion free, Aloft through virtue's purer air To wing... | |
| Frederic Henry Hedge, Frederic Dan Huntington - Hymns, English - 1853 - 674 pages
...skies, 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...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... | |
| George Dawson - 1853 - 552 pages
...the power to sing of Thee, And sound thy praises everlastingly. 166.— CMD I will seek after Thee. THE bird let loose in eastern skies, When hastening fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wings, nor flies Where idle warblers roam ; But high she shoots through air and light, Above all low... | |
| Eleanor Griffiths - English fiction - 1853 - 384 pages
...eastern skies, Returning fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor fl;ea Where idle warhlers roam. " But high she shoots through air and light, Above all low delay ; Where nothing earthly hounds her flight, Nor shadow dims her way. " So grant me, God, from earthly care. From pride and passion... | |
| James Freeman Clarke - 1853 - 762 pages
...elders, cast them down. 585. CMTMOORK. Heaven desired. 1 THE dove let loose in eastern skies, Returning fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies, Where idle warblers roam ; — 2 But high she shoots through air and light, 3 So grant me, Lord, from every snare Of sinful... | |
| Hymns - 1854 - 154 pages
...hours ? Can love's exhaustless source decay ? Or are we less than birds or flowers ? GAULOS. 28. CM THE bird let loose in Eastern skies, When hastening...delay, Where nothing earthly bounds her flight, Nor shadows dim her way. So grant me, God, 'from every care And stain of passion free, Aloft, through virtue's... | |
| Hymns - 1854 - 690 pages
...thee, my Father, near. 387 C. It 550. MOORE. Faith. i THE dove, let loose in Eastern skies, Returning fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies...earthly bounds her flight, Nor shadow dims her way. 3 So grant mo. Lord, from every snare And stain of passion free, Aloft, through faith's serener air,... | |
| Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 pages
...Departing man and wandering bird, In mercy mark me for His own, And guide me to the land unknown! Hayley. The bird, let loose in eastern skies, When hastening...home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies Where idler warblers roam. So grant me, Lord! from every stain Of sinful passion free, Aloft through virtue's... | |
| Benjamin Richings - 1854 - 326 pages
...Will mark where sleeps their peaceful clay, And roll, ere long, the stone away. THE HEAVENWARD COURSE. THE bird let loose in eastern skies, When hastening fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor fliea Where idle warblers roam. But high she shoots through air and light, Above all low delay, Where... | |
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