Hymnal: Fillmore's Harp of Zion
Date: 1867
Compiler: A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: R W Carroll & Co
First Line: Behold the beauties of the morn
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: A Fillmore
Composer:
Tune: Music of the Morn
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 026, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBird of the wilderness, Blithesome and cumberless,
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 downy cloud;
Love gives it energy, love gave it birth.
Where, on the dewy wing, Where are thou journeying?
Singing in heaven, thy love is on earth.
O'er fell and fountain sheen, O'er moor and mountain green,
O'er the red streamer that heralds the day;
Over the cloudlet dim, Over the rainbow's rim,
Musical cherub, soar singing away.
Then, when the gloaming comes, Low in the heather blooms,
Sweet will thy welcome and bed of love be:
Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling place,
O, to abide in the desert with thee.