| 1873 - Liczba stron: 350
...flesh are weak To bear an untried pain, The bruised reed He will not break, But strengthen and sustain. And so beside the silent sea I wait the muffled oar...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 - Liczba stron: 796
...condensed in the 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....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 - Liczba stron: 862
...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 - Liczba stron: 792
...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 - Liczba stron: 416
...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... | |
| 1890 - Liczba stron: 880
...God which enabled Whittier to say, as he contemplated the mysteries of life and death : — " And ao beside the silent sea, I wait the muffled oar ; No...harm from Him can come to me, On ocean or on shore." Substitutes — I can forgive the audacity Wanted. remark of tne Contributor's friend, but I lift up... | |
| Edwin Cortland Bolles - 1865 - Liczba stron: 734
...are weak To bear an untried pain, The bruised reed he will not break, But strengthen and sustain. 4 And so beside the silent sea I wait the muffled oar...harm from him can come to me On ocean or on shore. • 5 I know not where his islands lift Their fronded palms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond... | |
| New England Historic Genealogical Society - 1883 - Liczba stron: 618
...poet, Whitticr, which are a consolation to me, and which he kindly repeated to me when we last met : " And so beside the silent sea I wait the muffled oar, No harm from Him can come to me, On ocean or ou shore. * 1 know not whore His islands lift Their fronded palms in air, I only know I cannot drift... | |
| Edward James Young - 1866 - Liczba stron: 42
...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,...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... | |
| 1866 - Liczba stron: 578
...flesh are weak To bear an untried pain, The bruised reed he will not break, But strengthen and sustain. And so beside the silent sea I wait the muffled oar...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... | |
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