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. The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier - Page 260by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1892Full view - About this book
| Christian life - 1873 - 350 pages
...voices gone, For vanished smiles I long ; But God hath led ray dear ones on, And He can do no wrong. I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise,...reed He will not break, But strengthen and sustain. And so beside the silent sea I wait the muffled oar ; No harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on... | |
| Edwin Cortland Bolles - Bible - 1865 - 738 pages
...what the future hath Of marvel or surprise, Assured alone that life and death His mercy underlies. % 3 And if my heart and flesh are weak To bear an untried...reed he will not break, But strengthen and sustain. 4 And so beside the silent sea I wait the muffled oar ; No harm from him can come to me On ocean or... | |
| Edwin Cortland Bolles - Bible - 1865 - 734 pages
...voices gone, For vanished smiles I long, But God hath led my dear ones on, And he can do no wrong. 2 I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise,...Assured alone that life and death His mercy underlies. 3 And if my heart and flesh are weak To bear an untried pain, The bruised reed he will not break, But... | |
| Horatius Bonar - Consolation - 1866 - 334 pages
...voices gone, For vanished smiles I long, But God hath led my dear ones on, And He can do no wrong. I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise,...break, But strengthen and sustain. No offering of my o\vn I have. Nor works my faith to prove ; I can but give the gifts he gave, And plead his love for... | |
| Baptists - 1866 - 578 pages
...voices gone, For vanished smiles I long ; But God hath led my dear ones on, And He can do no wrong. I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise...reed he will not break, But strengthen and sustain. And so beside the silent sea I wait the muffled oar ; No harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on... | |
| Edward James Young - 1866 - 42 pages
...his word, and serving him with a filial, grateful, joyful spirit. He loved to repeat the lines : " I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise,...alone that life and death His mercy underlies. And so beside the Silent Sea I wait the muffled oar ; No harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on shore.... | |
| Edward James Young - 1866 - 38 pages
...his word, and serving him with a filial, grateful, joyful spirit. He loved to repeat the lines : " I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise,...Assured alone that life and death His mercy underlies. 10 And so beside the Silent Sea I wait the muffled oar ; No harm from Him can come to me On ocean or... | |
| Hymns, English - 1866 - 836 pages
...WHITTIER. I (Ttu'D's lobc ant r Care. LONG for household voices gone, For vanished smiles I lontj, O ' 2 I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise,...Assured alone that life and death His mercy underlies. 3 And if my heart and flesh are weak To bear an untried pain, The bruised reed he will not break, But... | |
| 1878 - 626 pages
...known Of greater out of sight ; And, with the chastened Psalmist, own His judgments, too, are right. " I know not what the Future hath Of marvel or surprise,...alone that Life and Death His mercy underlies. " And so beside the Silent Sea I wait the muffled oar, No harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on shore.... | |
| American Unitarian Association - Unitarian churches - 1867 - 532 pages
...with a strong and immortal trust, to realize in glad fruition what now is only the object of faith. " I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise,...alone that life and death His mercy underlies. And so, beside the silent sea, I 'wait the muffled oar : No harm from Him can come to me, On ocean or on... | |
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