Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: The dove let loose in eastern skies
Topic: The New Life/Aspiration
Writer: <no first name given> Moore
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 818
Page Number: 478, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThe dove, let loose in eastern skies,
Returning fondly home,
Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies
Where idle warblers roam;--
But high she shoots through air and light,
Above all low delay,
Where nothing earthly bounds her flight,
Nor shadow dims her way.
So grant me, Lord, from every snare
And stain of passion free,
Aloft, through faith's serener air,
To urge my course to thee;--
No sin to cloud,no lure to stay,
My soul as home she springs;
Thy sunshine on her joyful way,
Thy freedom on her wings.