 | 1842 - 434 páginas
...griefs, 0 Lord, Thy mercy set me free, Whilst in the confidence of prayer, My soul took hold on Thee. For though in dreadful whirls we hung, High on the broken wave, I knew Thou wert not slow to bear, Nor impotent to save. The storm was laid, the windretir'd, Obedient to Thy will; The... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1842 - 262 páginas
...Lord! Thy mercy set me free ; While in the confidence of pray'r, My soul took hold on thee. 7 For tho' in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave, I knew thou weit not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save. 8 The storm was laid, the wiuds retir'd, Obedient to thy... | |
 | Richard Marks - 1843 - 524 páginas
...griefs, O Lord ! Thy mercy set me free ; While in the confidence of prayer, My soul took hold of thee. " For though in dreadful whirls we hung, High on the broken wave, I knew them wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save. " The storm was laid, the winds retir'd, Obedient... | |
 | 1869 - 862 páginas
...griefs, 0 Lord, , Thy mercy set me free; Whilst, in the confidence of prayer, My soul took hold on Thee. For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave, I knew thou wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save. The storm was laid, the winds retired, Obedient to Thy will; The... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 páginas
...servants blest, O Lord ! " I particularly remember one half-stanza, which was music to my ear — " For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave." 8 Tyrrhene Sea — this sea, called also the Tuscan Sea, was accounted very dangerous by the Romans,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 páginas
...griefs, O Lord, Thy mercy set me free, Whilst in the conlidcnce of prayer, My faith took hold on thee. For, though in dreadful whirls we hung, High on the broken wave, I knew thou wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save. The storm was laid, the winds retired Obedient to thy will ; The... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1877 - 326 páginas
...griefs, O Lord, Thy mercy set me free ; Whilst, in the confidence of prayer, My soul took hold on Thee. For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave, I knew Thou wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save. -The storm was laid ; the winds retired, Obedient to Thy will ;... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 páginas
...glad hearts welcome back again Her white sails from the sea. WHITTIER : The Ship-BuUden. SHIPWRECK. For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave, I knew thou wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save. ADDISON. What dreadful pleasure ! there to stand sublime, Like... | |
 | John Cunningham Geikie - 1878 - 242 páginas
...0 Lord, Thy mercy set me free ; Whilst, in the confidence• of prayer, My soul took hold on Thee. For, though, in dreadful whirls, we hung High on the broken wave, I knew Thou wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent10 to save. The storm was laid ; the winds retired,11 Obedient to Thy will... | |
 | Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd - 1878 - 814 páginas
...Robert Burns has recorded that in youth he was enchanted by the melody of two lines of Addison's : — For though in dreadful whirls we hung, High on the broken wave. Sir Walter Scolt felt the like fascination in youth (and fce tells us it was not entirely gone even... | |
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For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave, I knew thou wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save. 
