 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
 | Mary Wilder Tileston - American poetry - 1874 - 200 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. JOHN G. WHITTIRR. HYMN FOR THE MOTHER. TV /TY child is lying on my knees ; •"•*- The signs of heaven... | |
 | Anna Bartlett Warner - Devotional literature - 1874 - 158 pages
...prepared way, at the shorn difficulties, at the unexpected success ? ' I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air, — I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care ! ' It is not said that the disciples went off this time with any such misgivings, any such reassuring... | |
 | Baptists - 1875 - 444 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. —Whittier. WRECKED. THE storm-king rides upon the sea, And loud the breakers roar; The wind is still,... | |
 | Rush Rhees Shippen - Devotional exercises - 1875 - 400 pages
...muffled oar ; No harm can come from him 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. ETERNAL God, who hast neither dawn nor evening, yet sendest us alternate mercies of the darkness and... | |
 | George Thomas Carpenter - Future punishment - 1875 - 484 pages
...infinite and eternal Father will take care of all his children. " I know not where his islands lift Their fronded palms in air; I only know I cannot drift Beyond his love and care." Now, as I have but a few moments left before the close of my half hour, I will reply to one question... | |
 | Anthologies - 1875 - 606 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." But they know even more than this. They know that "in their Father's house are many mansions," and... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1876 - 358 pages
...have, Nor works my faith to prove ; I can but give the gifts he gave, And plead his love for love. 4 0 brothers ! if my faith is vain, If hopes like these...for me that my feet may gain The sure and safer way. 5 And thou, 0 Lord ! by whom are seen Thy creatures as they be, Forgive me if too close I lean My human... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1876 - 384 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. 657 Christian Hop«. MONTOOMEBT. 1 THE broken ties of happier days, How often do they seem To come... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1876 - 316 pages
...muffled oar ; No harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on shore. 1 know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care. O brothers ! if my faith is vain, If hopes like these betray, Pray for me that my feet may gain The... | |
 | Henry C. Pedder - Religion and science - 1876 - 104 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. "O brothers! if my faith is vain, If hopes like these betray, Pray for me, that my feet may gain The... | |
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