12058 | The Cyber Hymnal#12059 | 12060 |
Text: | The Bird, Let Loose In Eastern Skies |
Author: | Thomas Moore |
Tune: | BRIDGMAN |
Arranger: | George Kingsley |
Composer: | Beethoven |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 The bird, let loose in eastern 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 low delay,
Where nothing earthly bounds her flight,
Nor shadow dims her way.
3 So grant me, God, from every care
And stain of passion free,
Aloft, 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 freedom in her wings!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The bird, let loose in eastern skies |
Title: | The Bird, Let Loose In Eastern Skies |
Author: | Thomas Moore |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Source: | Sacred Songs, 1816 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Alternate tunes: ELIM by Henry W. Greatorex; EMMONS by Friedrich Burgmüller |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | BRIDGMAN |
Composer: | Beethoven |
Arranger: | George Kingsley (1853) |
Meter: | CM |
Key: | G Major or modal |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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MIDI file: | Midi |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer Score |