 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
 | Theodore Dwight Woolsey - 1876 - 508 pages
...the human, it is consolatory to read his poem on " The Eternal Goodness" — especially this stanza : "I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air: I only know I can not drift Beyond His love and care." It is curious that Whittier, whose general style is so clear... | |
 | David Thomas - 1876 - 498 pages
...harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on shore. I know not where His islands lift Their frouded palms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care. And Thou, OLord ! by whom are seen Thy croat nree as they be, Forgive me if too close I lean My human... | |
 | 1891 - 862 pages
...from Him can come to me On ocean or on shore. I know not where His islands lift There fronded palms iu air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care." Tennyson, in like manner, has wielded great influence upon the religious belief of the age, especially... | |
 | 1907 - 616 pages
...Whittier's, entitled, "Eternal Goodness." A few days before his death he repeated the last stanzas: "I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air, T only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care. "And then O Lord! by whom are seen Thy creatures... | |
 | E E. H - 1877 - 246 pages
...beside tie 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. " And, 0 dear Lord, by whom are seen Thy creatures as they be, Oh ! give me grace, in faith to lean... | |
 | Mary Wilder Tileston - 1877 - 348 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. JOHN G. WHITTIER. OUR DAILY BREAD. DAY by day the manna fell ; Oh to learn this lesson well ! Still... | |
 | New England Historic Genealogical Society - 1877 - 232 pages
...from Him can come to me, On ocean or on shore. 20 1 know not -whore His islands lift Their frondcd palms in air, I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care." God bless, prosper, and perpetuate our Society, through all coming time. EEPOET ON GOVERNORS' CHAIRS.... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 pages
...or on shore. PROVIDENTIAL DIRECTION 564 PUNISHMENT I know not where His islands lift Their Cromlec! hope to find To-morrow than to-day. Our golden dreams of yore were And Thou, О Lord ! by whom are seen Thy creatures as they be, Forgive me if too close I lean Mj human... | |
 | 1878 - 272 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... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1878 - 530 pages
...beside the Silent Sea 1 wait the muffled oar : No harm from Him can come to m<s 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 I by whom are see% Th^ creatures as they be, Forgive me if too close I lean My human... | |
| |
