 | 1873 - 350 էջ
...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 shore. I know not where His islands...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.... | |
 | 1867 - 796 էջ
...following verses: — "And so, beside the silent sea, I wait the muffled oar ; Xo 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 c.innot drift Beyond His love and care. 0 brothers ! if my faith is vain, If ho|€s like these betray... | |
 | 1895 - 862 էջ
...to indicate that he could have been the anthor of poems such as that in which the verse occurs, — I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms...only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care. He seemed to me a man devoted to society, and especially to that which was to be found in the ranks... | |
 | 1881 - 792 էջ
...knows that he may trust his Father's affection, and in every trial he may exclaim with the poet : " I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms...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... | |
 | 1898 - 404 էջ
...birch and lern, A sweeter memory blow; And there in spring the veeries sing The songs of long ago. I know not where his islands lift Their fronded palms...only know I cannot drift Beyond his love and care. Trochee: 8s and 7s. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal! Dust thou art, to... | |
 | Edwin Cortland Bolles - 1865 - 734 էջ
...the silent sea I wait the 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...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... | |
 | 1866 - 578 էջ
...lift Their fronted 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, Forgive me, if too close I lean My human heart on thee ! — Whittier. Cjiilbxen's Comer. THE BLIND EOY AT PLAY. THE blind boy's been at play, mother, And... | |
 | Horatius Bonar - 1866 - 334 էջ
...If hopes like these betray, Pray for me, that 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 Thee ! WHITTIER. LABOUR AND REST. " Two hands upon the breast, and labour is past." Russian Proverb. " Two... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1867 - 184 էջ
...His love for love. 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...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... | |
 | 1878 - 626 էջ
...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. " I know not where His...only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care." This for the individual ; — and for the race we may remember the glorious vision of the great and... | |
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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. 
