I Have Borne the Lark's Swift Pinions

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I have borne the lark's swift pinions

Author: M. Rosing; Translator: S. Serumgaard
Tune: [Thanks to God who us hath given]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 I have borne the lark's swift pinions,
I have sung his joyous songs;
High above earth's vain dominions,
Paradise to me belongs.

2 I have felt the home-ties clinging
Only where glad songs abound;
Echoes from my childhood's singing
Ever in my soul resound.

3 Though the tears my eyes be blinding,
Can I see the heavens beam.
Soon the way I shall be finding
To my childhood's lofty dream.

4 When with eyes and heart uplifted
Through the winter night I go,
I shall see, beyond snow-drifted
Death-lands, glorious flowers grow.

Source: Hymnal for Church and Home (2nd ed.) #340

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Author: M. Rosing

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First Line:	I have borne the lark's swift pinions
Title:	I Have Borne the Lark's Swift Pinions
Danish Title:	Jeg har baaret Laerkens Vinge
Author:	M. Rosing
Translator:	S. Serumgaard
Meter:	6.7.8.8.7
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain