 | Thomas Moore - 1883 - 624 pages
...lustre wastes away ! THE BIRD LET LOOSE. AIR — Beethoven. THE bird, let loose in Eastern skies, -fWhen hastening fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing,...earthly bounds her flight, Nor shadow dims her way. n. So grant me, God, from every care And stain of passion free, Aloft, through virtue's purer air,... | |
 | Sermons, American - 1883 - 700 pages
...message it bears about its neck or under its wing. " 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." Our hearts respond to these beautiful words of Moore, as he pictures this which is familiar to us,... | |
 | Phil Robinson - Birds in literature - 1883 - 540 pages
...let loose in eastern skies, When hastening fondly ho ne, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flics Where idle warblers roam, But high she shoots through...earthly bounds her flight, Nor shadow dims her way. — Moore: The Bird. (77) Welcome, sweet bird, through the sunny air winging, Swift hast thou come... | |
 | Gems - 1884 - 408 pages
...they cover. THE BIRD LET LOOSE. THOMAS MOOEE. THE bird, let loose in Eastern skies, When hast'ning fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies...earthly bounds her flight, Nor shadow dims her way. So grant me, God, from every care And stain of passion free, Aloft, through Virtue's purer air, To... | |
 | Minot Judson Savage - Families - 1884 - 224 pages
...message it bears about its neck or under its wing. " 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." Our hearts respond to these beautiful words of Moore, as he pictures this which is familiar to us,... | |
 | Robert L. Harford - Sermons, American - 1885 - 304 pages
...Hope, and following in their wake, we speed in sight of the greenfringed shores of the promised land. ' 'The bird let loose in Eastern skies, When hastening...earthly bounds her flight, Nor shadow dims her way. So grant me, God, from every care And stain of passion free, Aloft, through virtue's purer, air, To... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1885 - 344 pages
...child may joy to hear. 6.—THE DOVK—Jfoore. The bird let loose in Eastern skies, when hast'ning fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies...earthly bounds her flight, nor shadow dims her way. So grant me, God ! from earthly care and stain of passion free, Aloft, through Virtue's purer air,... | |
 | Robert L. Harford - Sermons, American - 1885 - 304 pages
...Hope, and following in their wake, we speed in sight of the greenfringed shores of the promised land. "The bird let loose in Eastern skies, When hastening...earth her wing, nor flies Where idle warblers roam ; Bat high she shoots through air and light, Above all low delay, Where nothing earthly bounds her... | |
 | George Lansing Raymond - Aesthetics - 1886 - 386 pages
...of our lyric poetry, both serious and comic, as in the following containing only a single simile : The bird let loose in eastern skies. When hastening...high she shoots through air and light, Above all low delny, Where nothing earthly bounds her flight, Nor shadow dims her way. So grant me, God, from every... | |
 | Thomas Moore - Ballads, Irish - 1887 - 264 pages
...SaKpiowrai• Set. — Chrysost., Homil. 8, in Epist. ad Tim. THE BIRD LET LOOSE. AjR—Beel/ioven. THE bird let loose in Eastern skies,* When hastening...earthly bounds her flight, Nor shadow dims her way. So grant me, God, from every care, And stain of passion free, * The carrier pigeon, it is well known,... | |
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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 earthly bounds her flight, Nor shadow dims her way. 
