| Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 σελίδες
...skies ', When fondly hastening home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies Where idler wanderers roam : But high she shoots through air and light,...flight, Nor shadow dims her way. So grant me, God, from earthly care, From pride and passion free, Aloft, through faith and love's pure air, To wing my course... | |
| William Greenleaf Eliot - 1845 - 406 σελίδες
...skies, 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...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 σελίδες
...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...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 σελίδες
...Eastern skies, When 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...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... | |
| Baron Stow, Samuel Francis Smith, Richard Fuller, Jeremiah Bell Jeter - 1847 - 758 σελίδες
...Returning 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...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... | |
| John Boyden - 1848 - 314 σελίδες
...all low delay, Where nothing eartWy Aiovmls Vex ftvj^x, Nor shadow dims her DEVOTION IN YOUTH. If5 3 So grant me, God, from every care And stain of passion...through virtue's purer air, To hold my course to thee. 4 No sin to cloud, no lure to stay, My soul as home she springs ; Thy sunshine on her joyful way, Thy... | |
| 1848 - 638 σελίδες
...skies, 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...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... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1841 - 264 σελίδες
...When hastening 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... | |
| John Boyden - 1848 - 308 σελίδες
...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... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1849 - 328 σελίδες
...BIHD, LET LOOSE. (AlB. BEETHOVEN.) THE bird, let loose in eastern skies, l When hast'ning fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies Where idle...passion free, Aloft, through Virtue's purer air, To hold ray course to Thee ! 1 The carrier-pigeon, it is well known, flies at an elevated pitch, in order to... | |
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