| Bradford Kinney PEIRCE - 1868 - 234 páginas
...glory now, And through eternity. BERNARD OF FONTAINE. A LITTLE BIRD I AM. COMPOSED IN PRISON. 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... | |
| Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 712 páginas
...ev'ry tiling. xxxv. "A LITTLE BIRD I AM." [Written In prison by M \ n • •• •: GUTON.] 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... | |
| Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 710 páginas
...smileth on ev'ry thing. xxxv. " A LITTLE BIKD I AM." [Written in prison by MIDIKR GUTOX.] A LITTLE bird I am Shut from the fields of air ; And in my...have I else to do ; I sing the whole day long ; And fie, whom most I love to please, Doth listen to my song ; He caught and bound my wandering wing, But... | |
| A. L. O. E. - 1868 - 224 páginas
...devoted lady during her first imprisonment, I give as a sparkle from the Diamond. A little bird am I, 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... | |
| Congregational union of England and Wales - 1870 - 366 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." THE WAYS OF THE PURITANS. "DR. ANTONY left a day or two afterwards, and ever since... | |
| Elizabeth Warren - 1870 - 326 páginas
...good, I am sure, to say so, Miss Harrison," said Phcebe, as she carried the cage to her room. "A little bird I am, Shut from the fields of air, And in my...there ; Well pleased a prisoner to be, Because, my Ood, it pleaseth Thee. " Nought have I else to do; I sing the whole day long : And He whom much I lore... | |
| John Kennedy - 1870 - 408 páginas
...imprisonments, in a touching little poem, which begins thus : — "A little bird I am Shut from tbe fields of air; And in my cage I sit and sing To Him...Well pleased a prisoner to be, Because, my God, it pleaseth. thee." From Vincennes she was transferred to Vaugirard, and thence, in September, 1698, to... | |
| 1870
...we venture to give to the reader in a nearly literal translation : A LITT LK BIRD I AJ* . A little bird I am, Shut from the fields of air; And in my cage I sit and aing To him who placed me there ; Well pleased a prisoner to be, Because, my God, it pleasea Tb.«... | |
| 1872 - 710 páginas
...blows; Wait till the jewels hang in precious fruit. Gerald Matsey. 1939. IMPRISONMENT, Joyona. A little or break. JO Whittier. 2070. KINDNESS, Demand fot....anguish and unrest ! [heart The truest wisdom there, a Naught have I else to do ; I sing the whole day long ; And lie, whom most I love to please, Doth listen... | |
| 1872 - 444 páginas
...embodied during one of her imprisonments in a touching little poem, beginning thus — "A little bird lam, Shut from the fields of air, And in my cage I sit...Well pleased a prisoner to be. Because, my God, it ploaseth Thee." A good man in great trouble kept repeating, " Why art thou cast down, O my soul?" His... | |
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