 | Henry Ward Beecher - 1855 - 518 σελίδες
...skies, 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... | |
 | Elias Nason - 1855 - 134 σελίδες
...skies, When hastening 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...delay, Where nothing earthly bounds her flight, Nor shadows dim her way. 3 So grant me, God, from every care And stain of passion free, Aloft through virtue's... | |
 | Boston Sunday School Teachers Institute - 1862 - 130 σελίδες
...precious Sabbath day. SABBATH CHIMES. 831 The bird let loose in eastern skies. Returning fondly home , Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies Where idle...earthly bounds her flight, Nor shadow dims her way. 2 So crant me, Lord, from every snare And stain of passion free, Aloft through virtue's purer air,... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1856 - 588 σελίδες
...Eastern skies Returning fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies Where idle wanderers roam. " But high she shoots through air and light,...her flight, Nor shadow dims her way. " So grant me, Lord 1 from every stain Of sinful passion free, Aloft, through virtue's purer air, To steer my course... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1856 - 408 σελίδες
...bird, let loose in eastern skies,* When hastening fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor Hies Where idle warblers roam. But high she shoots through...earthly bounds her flight. Nor shadow dims her way. * The carrier-pigeon, it is well known, flies at an elevated pitch, in order to surmount every obstacle... | |
 | Henry Ward Beecher - 1856 - 934 σελίδες
...skies, 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... | |
 | Henry Ward Beecher - 1856 - 578 σελίδες
...Returning fondly home, ÎS'c'er stoops to eartli 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 sercner air To... | |
 | Church of the Disciples (Boston, Mass.) - 1856 - 676 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 0f sinful passion free, Aloft through faith's serener air To... | |
 | James Thomson - 1856 - 344 σελίδες
...eastern skies, When hastening fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, or flies Where idler wanderers roam ; But high she shoots through air and light,...low delay, Where nothing earthly bounds her flight, Or shadow dims her way. But neither the wonderful instinct of this undeviating messenger, nor even... | |
 | James Thomson - 1856 - 346 σελίδες
...eastern skies, When hastening fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, or flies Where idler wanderers roam ; But high she shoots through air and light,...low delay, Where nothing earthly bounds her flight, Or shadow dims her way. But neither the wonderful instinct of this undeviating messenger, nor even... | |
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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. 
