 And so beside the Silent Sea I wait the muffled oar; No harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on shore. I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care.  Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier - Page 291by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1878 - 413 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Christian life - 1873 - 350 pages
...muffled oar ; No harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on shore. I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care. And, O dear Lord, by whom are seen Thy creatures as they be, Oh, give me grace, in faith to lean, ^ta-bamu.... | |
 | American literature - 1867 - 796 pages
...ocean or on shore. I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air, I only know I c.innot drift Beyond His love and care. 0 brothers ! if my faith is vain, If ho|€s like these betray ; Pray for me that my feet may gain The sure and safer way." . Some of the... | |
 | 1883 - 798 pages
...grace of his God. As the poet says, BO said Mr. Stephens : — " I know not where those islands lift Their fronded palms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care. And so beside the silent sea I wait the muffled oar, Assured no harm can come to me On ocean or on... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1881 - 792 pages
...Father's affection, and in every trial he may exclaim with the poet : " I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care." Another of the altars of childhood is the altar of love. Everywhere in Scripture love is lauded as... | |
 | Education - 1898 - 404 pages
...blow; And there in spring the veeries sing The songs of long ago. I know not where his islands lift Their fronded palms in air; I only know I cannot drift Beyond his love and care. Trochee: 8s and 75. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal! Dust thou art, to... | |
 | Edwin Cortland Bolles - Bible - 1865 - 734 pages
...oar ; No harm from him can come to me On ocean or on shore. • 5 I know not where his islands lift Their fronded palms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond his love and care. 609 CM WATTS. it! on vii not liir TDnnrt rti. WHY do we mourn departing friends, Or shake at death's... | |
 | New England Historic Genealogical Society - New England - 1883 - 618 pages
...muffled oar, No harm from Him can come to me, On ocean or ou shore. * 1 know not whore His islands lift Their fronded palms in air, I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care." God bless, prosper, and perpetuate our Society, through all coming time. EEPOET ON GOVERNORS' CHAIRS.... | |
 | Edwin Cortland Bolles - Bible - 1865 - 738 pages
...harm from him can come to me On ocean or on shore. 5 I know not where his islands lift Their fronted palms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond his love and care. 609 c- M- WATTS, IHoui ii not t!)E Departed. WHY do we mourn departing friends, Or shake at death's... | |
 | Horatius Bonar - Consolation - 1866 - 334 pages
...his islands lift Their fronted balms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond his love and care. O brothers ! if my faith is vain, If hopes like these...my feet may gain The sure and safer way. And Thou, O Lord ! by whom are seen Thy creatures as they be, Forgive me if too close I lean My human heart on... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1866 - 836 pages
...muffled oar; No harm from him can come to me On ocean or on shore. 5 I know not where his islands lift Their fronded palms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond his love and care. 609 c . M . WATTS. iHuui n not tbr Di iwitcti. WHY do we mourn departing friends, Or shake at death's... | |
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