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Like an unfledged hungry bird, that in its nest Hears its returning mother flap her wings, Circling around when some choice food she brings; The nestling’s love for both is then exprest— It strives to reach the food and be carest, And rustles to begin its wanderings, And thanks her with unwonted chiruppings, In notes that seem too sweet for its young breast:— So do I feel whene’er the brilliant light Of the almighty sun to which I gaze, Cheers with unusual warmth my fainting soul; Urged by internal love to bless and praise, I take the pen, with joy beyond controul, And fluttering, praise my God with all my might.
Like an unfledged hungry bird, that in its nest Hears its returning mother flap her wings, Circling around when some choice food she brings; The nestling’s love for both is then exprest— It strives to reach the food and be carest, And rustles to begin its wanderings, And thanks her with unwonted chiruppings, In notes that seem too sweet for its young breast:— So do I feel whene’er the brilliant light Of the almighty sun to which I gaze, Cheers with unusual warmth my fainting soul; Urged by internal love to bless and praise, I take the pen, with joy beyond controul, And fluttering, praise my God with all my might.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Vittoria Colonna (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
In print by 1888: recorded in A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888). Collection publication is an upper bound for this wording, not its earliest origin, composition date or the author's lifetime.
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 69 · printed citation: Vittoria Colonna · subject: BIRDS—FOWLS
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