 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 Whittier Birthday Book - Page 228by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1881 - 402 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1866 - 578 pages
...harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on shore. I know not where his islands 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... | |
 | Edward James Young - 1866 - 42 pages
...from Him can come to me On ocean or on shore. I know not where his islands lift Their fronted balms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond his love and care." I never knew one more happy in his religion, so playful and yet so prayerful, blending such sweetness... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1867 - 184 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Charles Marshall (novelist.) - 1867 - 322 pages
...great ocean, and find new worlds beyond ? Perhaps it was still reserved for Armstrong to say — " I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms...only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care." Only there are still shipwrecks on all waters. He had still two or three hours for reading before starting... | |
 | 1867 - 850 pages
...the pilent sea. I wait the muffled oar ; No harm from Him can come to me, On n.viin or on shore. ' I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms...only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care. • ' О brothers ! if my faith is vain, If hopes like these betray ; Pray for me that my feet may... | |
 | 1879 - 612 pages
...speak of, my eye chanced to light first on ' No harm from Him can come to me. On ocean or on shore. I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms...only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care.' Mr. Blair did not come into our car again till the evening ; but my book was quite sufficient for me... | |
 | 1878 - 626 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 1867 - 548 pages
...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...only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care. ' 0 brothers ! if my faith is vain, If hopes like these betray ; Pray for me that my feet may gain... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Davis - 1867 - 422 pages
...harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on shore. 5 I know not where His islands lift Their Irouded palms in air; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING- TO GULDENSTUBBii:. CHAPTliB I. [These Scriptures wert obtained by the Biiron... | |
 | Edwin Pond Parker - 1867 - 120 pages
...my spirit clings ; — I know that God is good ! 4 I know not where his islands lift Their fronted palms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond his love and care. 6 And so beside the silent sea, I wait the muffled oar ; No harm from Him can come to me, Oil ocean... | |
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