 | 1887 - 236 páginas
...glory now, And through eternity. BHRNAKD 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... | |
 | 1887 - 458 páginas
...away, may it soar upwards into a region of happier melodies ! RICHTER. A LITTLE BIRD I AM. 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... | |
 | Louisa May Alcott - 1887 - 362 páginas
...Him who placed me there : Well pleased a prisoner to be, Because, my God, it pleases Thee 1 " Naught have I 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... | |
 | James Russell Miller - 1888 - 332 páginas
...ever resolute and unfaltering in duty, we shall always be more than conquerors. XX. SHUT IN. "A little bird I am, Shut from the fields of air, And in my...prisoner to be Because, my God, it pleases thee." MADAME GTJYON. TN a midsummer business-letter to a lady whose pen writes many bright things for children's... | |
 | 1888 - 328 páginas
...curing Which exalts the wounded, Hear us sing above you — Exiled but not lost .' EB BROWNIN& A LITTLE bird I am, Shut from the fields of air ; And in my...placed me there. Well pleased a prisoner to be Because it pleaseth thee. Naught have I else to do, I sing the whole day long, And he whom most I love to please... | |
 | William Henry Parker - 1889 - 276 páginas
...but she enjoyed even her prison. While there she wrote the beautiful lines: " A little bird I urn. Shut from the fields of air; And in my cage I sit...pleased a prisoner to be, Because, my God, it pleases Thee1 Nought have I else to do, I sing the whole day long. And He, whom most I love to please, Doth... | |
 | William Henry Parker - 1889 - 304 páginas
...high-minded woman, but she enjoyed even her prison. While there she wrote the beautiful lines: " A little bird I am, Shut from the fields of air; And in my cage I fit and sing To Him who placed me there; Well pleased a prisoner to be, Because, my God, it pleases... | |
 | William Channing Gannett, James Vila Blake, Frederick Lucian Hosmer - 1880 - 280 páginas
...pilgrim sons behind thee take The road that thou hast gone. FW FARER. 195. Freedom. Laban, 33. NAUGHT have I else to do,— I sing the whole day long ; And he whom most I love to please Doth listen to my song. Thou hast an ear to hear, A heart to love and bless;... | |
 | 1891 - 438 páginas
...(Bupon. 1648-1717. A LITTLE BIRD I AM. [Written during ten years' imprisonment in the Hostile.] 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... | |
 | Jabez Thomas Sunderland, Brooke Herford, Frederick B. Mott - 1891 - 616 páginas
...voice, — That is all ! And thus to-day, Communing, you shall rejoice. TUESDAY. In Prison. A little bird I am, Shut from the fields of air; And in my cage I pit and sing To Him who placed me there. Well pleased a prisoner to be. Because, my God, it pleaseth... | |
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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 pleased a prisoner to be, Because, my God, it pleases thee. 
