From Song Echoes from Child Land for the Home, the School, and the Kindergarten by Harriet S. Jenks and Mabel Rust (Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1896), page 112:

THE LIGHT BIRD
Words by Anne L. Page, music by Harriet S Jenks.

Dear little light bird, happy and free,
Come to me, oh, come to me.
All in white or in colors bright,
Come and let me hold you tight.

The great sun holds me; I cannot stay.
I slip from your fingers; I fly away.
He sends me down with love to you.
Be glad in his light and be always true.

Copyright 1896 by Oliver Ditson Company.