Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PRODIGAL, by ELLEN GILBERT


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First Line: Like a bird that trails a broken wing
Last Line: And hide me from the past.
Subject(s): Religion; Theology


Like a bird that trails a broken wing,
I have come home to Thee;
Home from a flight and freedom
That was never meant for me.

And I, who have known far spaces,
And the fierce heat of the sun,
Ask only the shelter of Thy wings,
Now that the day is done.

Like a bird that trails a broken wing,
I have come home, at last. . . .
O hold me to Thy Heart once more,
And hide me from the past.





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