A Book of Comfort: An AnthologyElizabeth Goudge A treasury of prose and poetry offerings, wisdom and consolation for the difficulties and challenges of life. |
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Page 60
... bird sings when it is hungry or cold , or is afflicted with any other pain , not even the nightingale , or swallow , or the hoopoes , which they say sing lamenting through grief . But neither do these birds appear to me to sing through ...
... bird sings when it is hungry or cold , or is afflicted with any other pain , not even the nightingale , or swallow , or the hoopoes , which they say sing lamenting through grief . But neither do these birds appear to me to sing through ...
Page 64
... birds ; and being much surprised , he said to his companions , " Wait for me here by the way , whilst I go and preach to my little sisters the birds " ; and entering into the field , he began to preach to the birds which were on the ...
... birds ; and being much surprised , he said to his companions , " Wait for me here by the way , whilst I go and preach to my little sisters the birds " ; and entering into the field , he began to preach to the birds which were on the ...
Page 65
... birds began to open their beaks , to stretch their necks , to spread their wings , and reverently to bow their heads to the ground , endeavouring by their motions and by their songs to manifest their joy to St. Francis . And the saint ...
... birds began to open their beaks , to stretch their necks , to spread their wings , and reverently to bow their heads to the ground , endeavouring by their motions and by their songs to manifest their joy to St. Francis . And the saint ...
Contents
IN THE BEGINNING | 21 |
THE CLOUDS RAIN AND RAINBOWS | 29 |
FOUNTAIN AND STREAM | 35 |
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