The Cyber Hymnal ‎#12059

12059. The Bird, Let Loose In Eastern Skies

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

• 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

• Name: BRIDGMAN
• Composer: Beethoven
• Arranger: George Kingsley (1853)
• Meter: CM
• Key: G Major or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain