 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 - 第110页作者：James Stuart Laurie - 1863全本阅读 - 图书信息
 | William Greenleaf Eliot - 1845 - 406 页
...fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies Where idle 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... | |
 | Cheshire Pastoral Association (Cheshire, Conn.) - 1845 - 498 页
...fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies, Where idle 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... | |
 | Prayers - 1846 - 70 页
...hastening fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wings, or flies Where idle wanderers roam. But high she shoots through air and light, Above all low delay, Where nothing earthly bounds her flight, Or shadow duns her way. So grant me, Lord, from every storm Of sinful passions free, Aloft, through... | |
 | John Greenleaf Adams, Edwin Hubbell Chapin - 1846 - 706 页
...earth her wing, nor flies Where idle warblers roam. 2 But high she shoots through air and lightAbove all low delay, Where nothing earthly bounds her flight, Nor shadow dims her way. 3 So grant me, God, from every snare Of sinful passion free, Aloft through faith's serener air To hold... | |
 | Baron Stow, Samuel Francis Smith, Richard Fuller, Jeremiah Bell Jeter - 1847 - 758 页
...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... | |
 | C. T - 1847 - 350 页
...flies 'Where idler warblers roam. But high she shoots, through air and light, Above all low decay, Where nothing earthly bounds her flight, Nor shadow dims her way. So grant me, Lord, from every snare Of sinful passion free, Aloft through virtue's purer air, To steer my course to Thee. No sin... | |
 | 1848 - 638 页
...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 — Above all low delay,...earthly bounds her flight, Nor shadow dims her way. 3 So grant me, God, from every snare Of sinful passion free, Aloft through faith's serener air To hold... | |
 | John Boyden - 1848 - 308 页
...home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies Where idle warblers roam. S But high she shoots thro' air and light, Above all low delay, Where nothing...earthly bounds her flight, Nor shadow dims her way. DEVOTION IN YOUTH. 13 3 So grant me, God, from every care And stain of passion free, Aloft, through... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1841 - 264 页
...fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wings, or flies Where idle wanderers roam. 15. But high she shoots through air and light, Above all low delay, Where nothing earthly bounds her flight, Or shadows dim her way. 16. So grant me, Lord, from every stain Of sinful passion free, Aloft through... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1849 - 328 页
...hast'ning 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,...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 hold ray course... | |
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