Religion

Deuteronomy 32:11, 12: The eagle fond her charge awakes

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)

Religion

The eagle fond her charge awakes
Where in the nest they doze,
And while her fluttering plumes she shakes
The v ay to fly she shows;
She spreads her wings, her young to bear.
Before their own they try,
And takes them up, and cleaves the air,
And soars above the sky.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Deuteronomy 32:11, 12: The eagle fond her charge awakes.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2702/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Deuteronomy 32:11, 12: The eagle fond her charge awakes.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2702/.

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