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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 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 hold my course to Thee! No sin to cloud—no lure to stay My soul, as home she springs;— Thy sunshine on her joyful way, Thy freedom in her wings!
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 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 hold my course to Thee! No sin to cloud—no lure to stay My soul, as home she springs;— Thy sunshine on her joyful way, Thy freedom in her wings!
Approximate author period: c. 1815 AD · industrial
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- Thomas Moore
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- Approximate author period: c. 1815 AD · industrial
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- The Optimist’s Good Morning (1911) (1911 AD)
Complete signed selection 353; printed byline: Thomas Moore; Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911; printed copyright 1907
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