As Flies the Bird

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As flies the bird on eager wing

Author: George F. Root
Tune: [As flies the bird on eager wing]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 As flies the bird on eager wing,
To mountains far away,
So takes my soul its upward flight,
In loving thoughts today.

Refrain:
The mountains, the mountains,
So high, so sweet, so pure,
Where far above the taint of earth,
The ransomed dwell secure.

2 I see the mount where Jesus taught!
The mount of glory, too!
And there—most precious of the all—
Comes Calvary into view. [Refrain]

3 I see the mount from which the law
By Moses’ hand was given:
I see the mount from which the Lord
Ascended into heaven. [Refrain]

4 I see the mount whereon the wall
Of Zion’s city stands—
The golden streets and mansions fair,
Not made with human hands. [Refrain]

Source: Wondrous Love: A Collection of Songs and Services for Sunday Schools #106

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Author: George F. Root

Root, George F., MUS. DOC, born in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Mass., Aug. 30, 1820. He is much more widely known as a composer of popular music than as a hymn writer. Four of his hymns are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, 1878. Nos. 16, 100, 293, and 297. A sympathetic biographical sketch, with portrait, is in The Tonic Sol-Fa Reporter, Sep. 1886. He died Aug. 6, 1895. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)… Go to person page >

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First Line:	As flies the bird on eager wing
Title:	As Flies the Bird
Author:	George F. Root
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	The mountains, the mountains
Copyright:	Public Domain