| Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch - 1861 - 364 páginas
...bless, Fly to thy Gospel, and believe. "A LITTLE BIRD I AM." WRITTEN IN PRISON. MADAME GUYON. A LITTLE bird I am, Shut from the fields of air ; And in my...prisoner to be. Because, my God, it pleases thee. Naught have I else to do ; I sing the whole day long ; And He whom most I love to please Doth listen... | |
| 1864 - 168 páginas
...FREEDOM. Where the Spirit of the Lord u, there is liberty." — 2 COR. iii. 17. A LITTLE bird I am 84 "Well pleased a prisoner to be, Because, my God, it pleases Thee ! Naught have I else to do ; I sing the whole day long ; And He, whom most I love to please, Doth listen... | |
| 1865 - 356 páginas
...and He reigns indeed. Madame Guyon. 1 648 - 1 7 1 7. A LITTLE BIRD I AM. Composed in Prison. A LITTLE bird I am, Shut from the fields of air ; And in my cage I fit and fing To Him who placed me there ; Well pleased a prisoner to be, Because, my God, it pleases... | |
| 1865 - 356 páginas
...Him, and He reigns indeed. Madame Guyon. 1648-1717. A LITTLE BIRD I AM. Composed in Prison. A LITTLE bird I am, Shut from the fields of air ; And in my cage I fit and fing To Him who placed me there ; Well pleased a prisoner to be, Because, my God, it pleases... | |
| 1866 - 650 páginas
...she embodied in one of her imprisonments in a touching little poem which begins thus : — " A little bird I am Shut from the fields of air, And in my cage I sit and singTo Him who placed mo there ; Well pleased a prisoner to be Because, my God, it pleaseth thee."... | |
| Who - 1867 - 202 páginas
...that was in the highest degree painful and distressing, again found its utterance in song : " A little bird I am, Shut from the fields of air, And in my...else to 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... | |
| Lucy Pauline Wright Hobart - 1867 - 534 páginas
...shall be, Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee ! CONTENTMENT. ifctmt. <&man. 3n Prison. A LITTLE bird I am, Shut from the fields of air, And in my...prisoner to be, Because, my God, it pleases Thee. Naught have I else to do ; I sing the whole day long — And He whom most I love to please, Doth listen... | |
| 1867 - 788 páginas
...embodied, during one of her imprisonments, in a touching little poem which begins thus : "A little bird I am, Shut from the fields of air, And in my...Well pleased a prisoner to be, Because, my God, it pleaseth Thee," Wherever the German tongue is known, the hymn is sung : " Wer nnr den lieben Gott lasst... | |
| 1867 - 1012 páginas
...Madame Guyon gives utterance to her feelings in these sweet strains : — " A little bird I am, Shot from the fields of air, And in my cage I sit and sing...pleased a prisoner to be, Because, my God, it pleases Thoo. " Nought have I else to do ; I sing the whole day long ; And lie, who moat I love to plcuso,... | |
| 1867 - 1186 páginas
...her feelings in these sweet strains : — " A little bird I am, Shut from the fields of air, And iu my cage I sit and sing To him who placed me there...Well pleased a prisoner to be, Because, my God, it pleasos Thoe. " Nought have I else to do ; I sing the whole day long ; And Ho, who most I love to please,... | |
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