The phrase "The bird" resonates through 9 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
The bird
...How sweet the joy thou bringest,
When, trustful as the bird in air,
And simple as the lily fair,...
How sweet the joy thou bringest,
When, trustful as the bird in air,
And simple as the lily fair,
...It sang its old sweet strain,
But the bird with the broken pinion,
Never soared as high again,...
It sang its old sweet strain,
But the bird with the broken pinion,
Never soared as high again,
...In our playtime, too.
Like the birds so happy
We Thy praises sing,...
In our playtime, too.
Like the birds so happy
We Thy praises sing,
...The Easter flowers are sweet and fair,
The birds are singing everywhere;
The children, too, their voices raise,...
The Easter flowers are sweet and fair,
The birds are singing everywhere;
The children, too, their voices raise,
...In the early songs they raise.
Thou, by whom the birds are fed,
Give to me my daily bread;...
In the early songs they raise.
Thou, by whom the birds are fed,
Give to me my daily bread;
...And life decks hill and plain.
The birds their grateful songs employ,
Him they praise, both great and small;...
And life decks hill and plain.
The birds their grateful songs employ,
Him they praise, both great and small;
...Life is life forever, forevermore.
Listen, the birds are singing,
Singing on Easter morn;...
Life is life forever, forevermore.
Listen, the birds are singing,
Singing on Easter morn;
...Our Easter carol sing,
And with the birds and flowers,
Our heart’s pure incense bring....
Our Easter carol sing,
And with the birds and flowers,
Our heart’s pure incense bring.
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Sweetly the birds are singing
At Easter dawn;...
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Sweetly the birds are singing
At Easter dawn;
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