Oh to abide in the desert with thee! Wild is thy lay and loud, Far in the downy cloud Love gives it energy, love gave it birth. Where, on thy dewy wing, Where art thou journeying? Thy lay is in heaven, thy love is on earth. The New England Farmer - Page 3991855Full view - About this book
| James Hogg - Country life - 1831 - 334 pages
...worth half-a-dozen of the foregoing. — For the fine original air, see Mr Purdie's Border Garland. BIRD of the wilderness, Blithesome and cumberless,...o'er moorland and lea ! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling-place — O to abide in the desert with thee ! Wild is thy lay and loud, Far in the... | |
| William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1831 - 906 pages
...lonely roaming, I sigh, an* think If ane were here, How sweet wad fa' the gloaming." The S*»far*. " Bird of the wilderness. Blithesome and cumberless,...o'er moorland and lea ! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling-place — O to abide in the desert with thee ! v, , 1,1 is thy lay and loud. Far in... | |
| James Hogg - Country life - 1831 - 364 pages
...fine original air, see Mr Purdie's Border Garland. BIRD of the wilderness, Blithesome and cumherless, Sweet be thy matin o'er moorland and lea ! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling-place — O to abide in the desert with thee ! Wild is thy lay and loud, Far in the... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...has not confessed He'd rather share their warrior rest Than not have been at Monterey ? JAMES HOGG. THE SKYLARK. BIRD of the wilderness Blithesome and...o'er moorland and lea! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling-place — Oh, to abide in the desert with thee ! Wild is thy lay and loud, Far in the... | |
| Sharon Turner - Creation - 1834 - 610 pages
...what the same bud has excited in myself, as I have seen it ascending and carolling over Epsom Downs. ' Bird of the wilderness ! Blithesome and cumberless...o'er moorland and lea ! Emblem of happiness ! Blest is thy dwelling place. O ! to abide in the desert with thee ! Wild is thy lay, and loud ; Far in the... | |
| Sharon Turner - Religion and science - 1834 - 608 pages
...the same bird has excited in myself, as I have seen it ascending and carolling over Epsom Downs. ' Bird of the wilderness ! Blithesome and cumberless...o'er moorland and lea ! Emblem of happiness ! Blest is thy dwelling place. O ! to abide in the desert with thce ! Wild is thy lay, and loud ; Far in the... | |
| Ballads, English - 1835 - 418 pages
...within, The ditty will charm but sparely. THE SKYLARK. JAMES HOGG. Bird of the wilderness, Blythesome and cumberless, Sweet be thy matin o'er moorland and lea ! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling place — Wild is thy lay and loud, Far in the downy cloud. Love gives it energy, love... | |
| Sharon Turner - Creation - 1835 - 470 pages
...it ascending and carolling over Epsom Downs. " Bird of the wilderness I' Blithesome and cumberleas ! Sweet be thy matin o'er moorland and lea ! Emblem of happiness ! Blest is thy dwelling-place. О ! to abide in the desert with Шее ! Wild is thy lay, and loud ; Far in... | |
| England - 1835 - 794 pages
...will charm but sparely. THE SKYLARK. JAMES HOGG. Bird of the wilderness, Blythesome and cumberlese, Sweet be thy matin o'er moorland and lea ! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling place — O to abide in the desert with thee ! 39O SONGS OF SCOTLAND. Wild is thy lay... | |
| Sharon Turner - Bible - 1835 - 460 pages
...it ascending and carolling over Epsom Downs. " Bird of the wilderness ! Blithesome and ctimberless ! Sweet be thy matin o'er moorland and lea! Emblem of happiness ! Blest is thy dwelling-place. O ! to abide in the desert with thee! Wild is thy lay, and loud ; Far in the... | |
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