| Edward Robinson - 1848 - 590 páginas
...stanzas, entitled " A Little Bird Am I," — of which we transcribe a portion : A little bird am I, Shut from the fields of air, And in my cage I sit...prisoner to be, Because, my God, it pleases Thee. My cage confines me round ; Abroad I cannot fly ; But, though my wing is closely bound, My heart's... | |
| Robert Everett - 1894 - 836 páginas
...A little bird I am, Shut from the ñelds of nir; And in my cago I sit nud »ing To him who place d me there. Well pleased a prisoner to be, Because, my God, it pleases thee. Naught have I else to do, I sing til e whole day long, And ho whom most I love to please Doih listen... | |
| 1859 - 798 páginas
...raelf ; and, when at last she was released from son, she wrote them down on paper. "A little bird lam, Shut from the fields of air; And in my cage I sit and sing To Him who placed me there; Well-pleased a prisoner to be, Because, my God, it pleases Thee. " Nought have I else to do, I sing... | |
| Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1847 - 438 páginas
...we venture to give to the reader in a nearly literal translation. •. A LITTLE BIRD I AM. A little bird I am, Shut from the fields of air ; And in my...do ; . I sing the whole day long; • And He, whom most I love to please, Doth listen to my song ; He caught and bound my wandering wing, But still He... | |
| 1847 - 178 páginas
...thy matchless worth rehearse. RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE OP MADAME GUION.(7) A LITTLE BIRD I AM. A LITTLE bird I am, Shut from the fields of air; And in my...cage I sit and sing To Him, who placed me there; Well pleas'da prisoner to be, Because, my God, it pleases Thee, Nought have I else to do; I sing the whole... | |
| 1848 - 778 páginas
...stanzas, entitled " A Little Bird Am I," — of which we transcribe a portion : A little bird am I, Shut from the fields of air, And in my cage I sit...prisoner to be, Because, my God, it pleases Thee. My cage confines me round ; Abroad I cannot fly ; But, though my wing is closely bound, My heart 's... | |
| 1848 - 780 páginas
...of which we transcribe a portion : A little bird am I, Shut from the fields of air, And in my cagn I sit and sing To him who placed me there; Well pleased...prisoner to be, Because, my God, it pleases Thee. My cage confines me round ; Abroad I cannot fly ; But, though my wing is closely bound, My heart 'sat... | |
| 1848 - 786 páginas
...stanzas, entitled " A Little Bird Am I," — of which we transcribe a portion : A little bird am I, Shut from the fields of air, And in my cage I sit and sing To him w ho placed me there ; Well pleased o prisoner to be, Because, my God, it pleases Thee. My cage confines... | |
| 1848 - 792 páginas
...portion : A little bird am I, Shut from the fields of air, And in ray cage I ait and sing To him *ho placed me there ; Well pleased a prisoner to be, Because, my God, it pleasa Thee. My cage confines me round ; Abroad I cannot fly ; But, though my wing is closely bound,... | |
| Sarah Carter Edgarton Mayo - 1849 - 334 páginas
...Guyon, in the Bastile, uttered the experience of those who have found God in the prison : ' A little bird I am, Shut from the fields of air, And in my...prisoner to be, Because, my God, it pleases thee. My cage confines me round ; Abroad I cannot fly ; But though my wing is closely bound, My heart 's... | |
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