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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 idler warblers roam. So grant me, Lord! from every stain Of sinful passion free, Aloft through virtue’s purer air, To steer my course to Thee. No sin to cloud, no lure to stay My soul, as home she springs; The sunshine on her joyful way; Thy freedom on her wings.
The bird, let loose in eastern skies, When hastening fondly 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 purer air, To steer my course to Thee. No sin to cloud, no lure to stay My soul, as home she springs; The sunshine on her joyful way; Thy freedom on her wings.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 71 · printed citation: Moore · subject: BIRDS—FOWLS
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