(Traditional folk)

The Lone Wild Bird

The lone, wild bird in loft-y flight,
Is still with you, nor leaves your sight.
And I am yours! I rest in you.
Oh, wondrous love, rest in me, too.

Each secret thought is known to you,
The path I walk my whole life through;
My days, my deeds, my hopes, my fears,
My deepest joys, my silent tears.

The ends of earth stretch far and wide,
Through darkened sea and op-en sky.
And I am yours! I rest in you.
Oh, wondrous love, rest in me, too.

The lone, wild bird in lofty flight,
Is still with thee, nor leaves thy sight.
And I am thine! I rest in thee.
Great spirit come and rest, in me.

-William Walker’s melody and text adapted from “Prospect”
from Southern Harmony, 1835