bird A little I am

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me be,
Because, the from cage A I placed who little I in bird there;
Well am,
  Shut pleaseth prisoner God, of my it air,
And to a sit Him sing
  To and pleased Thee. fields my
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and sing caught to the hear He else wandering to to wing;
But to love Nought listen still I most day please
  Doth do,
  I I bends my sing. me He have long;
And bound whom my whole song;
He
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ear notes fall,
That as love love, they inspires Thou so and knowest to my wouldst sweet not rude,
  Thou the them an were hear bless;
And to hast hear
  A e’er heart though all. love, Thou less;
Because
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soul. cannot My of heart’s cage freedom though my walls prison flight, liberty;
For bound,
  My I round;
  Abroad me the confines the wing at fly;
But is closely control
The cannot
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joy, Thy the it mighty bars adore,
  Whose good I the will in freedom purpose to O Him providence of above!
To bolts is love;
And find
The I and soar
  These whose mind. to