FAIRY SONG

by: Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888)

      little bird I am,
      Shut from the fields of air,
      And in my cage I sit and sing
      To Him who placed me there:
      Well pleased a prisoner to be,
      Because, my God, it pleases Thee!

      Naught have I else to do;
      I sing the whole day long;
      And He whom most I love to please
      Doth listen to my song,
      He caught and bound my wandering wing,
      But still He bends to hear me sing.

"A Little Bird I Am" is reprinted from Jack and Jill: A Village Story. Louisa May Alcott. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1891.

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