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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. "
An American Anthology, 1787-1900: Selections Illustrating the Editor's ... - Page 136
edited by - 1900 - 878 pages
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A Dictionary of Quotations from English and American Poets, Volume 1

Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 pages
...Cell. Pt. I. There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way. 4077 ' William Cullen Bryant: To a Waterfowl I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms...only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care. 4078 Whittier : Eternal Goodneis. St. 20 Somewhat of goodness, something true From sun and spirit shining...
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Good-will Songs: A Compilation of Hymns and Tunes : Original, Selected and ...

Stanford Mitchell - 1883 - 174 pages
...silent sea I wait the muffled oar; No harm from him can come to me || : On ocean or on shore. :|| 4 I know not where his islands lift Their fronded palms...know I cannot drift || : Beyond his love and care. :|| Whittier. 129 Divine Goodness. 1 Who fathoms the-Eternal Thought ? Who talks of scheme and plan...
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A Text-book on English Literature: With Copious Extracts from the Leading ...

Brainerd Kellogg - 1884 - 486 pages
...from Him can come to me Oil ocean or ou shore. • I kuow not where His islands lift Their frouded palms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His...hopes like these betray, Pray for me that my feet may gnin The sure and safer way. And Thou, O Lord, by whom are seen Thy creatures as they be, Forgive me...
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Pioneer Collections: Report of the Pioneer Society of the State of ..., Volume 5

1884 - 634 pages
...used to often repeat: "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." We will let his own words tell of his convictions and belief. The following extracts from his letters...
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Quaker Spirituality: Selected Writings

Douglas Van Steere - 1984 - 354 pages
...transformation from this life to the beyond is often confirmed. Whittier's lines express this well: I know not where his islands lift Their fronded palms...only know I cannot drift Beyond his love and care. The presuppositions of the corporate meeting for worship have, from the very beginning, profoundly...
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All the Messianic Prophecies of the Bible

Herbert Lockyer - 1988 - 532 pages
...should rejoice that His banner over us is LOVE, a love that will not let us go! As Whittier reminds us, I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms...only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and Care. Does not this meditation on the prophetic profile of the character of Jesus constrain us to assert...
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Light From Many Lamps

Lillian Watson - 1988 - 356 pages
...things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 What is faith unless it is to believe what you do not see? St. Augustine I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms...only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care. John Greenleaf Whittier ve We shall be made truly wise if we be made content; content, too, not only...
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Famous Poems from Bygone Days

Martin Gardner - 1995 - 212 pages
...plead His love for love. And so heside 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 hrothers! if my faith is vain, If hopes like these hetray, Pray for me that my feet may gain The sure...
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Self-Healing

Henry H. Brown - 1996 - 72 pages
...in these lines of Whittier's, which during the last forty years have often been to me life-bringers: "I know not where his islands lift, Their fronded...only know I cannot drift Beyond his love and care." HOW TO BREATH. God "breathed into his nostrils the breath of life." The normal man breathes through...
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Our Invisible Supply: How to Obtain

Frances L. Warner - 1996 - 174 pages
...burden His strong arm will help me bear, For our God is omni-present—with His children everywhere." "I know not where His islands lift their fronded palms...only know I cannot drift beyond His love and care." LETTER TWELVE —in which we see that our every thought it creative, because impelled by the one creative...
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