 | 1869 - 862 pages
...Tet then from all my 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... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...by the Romans, from whom the reference above is taken. It means here, of course, any dangerous sea. Yet then from all my 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... | |
 | 1866 - 824 pages
...face, And fear in every heart ; When waves on waves, and gulfs on gulfs O'ercamo the pilot's art. Tet then from all my 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 hnng High on the broken wave, I... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 pages
...Confusion dwelt in every face, And fear in every heart, When waves on waves, and gulfs on gulfs. O'ercame the pilot's art ! Yet. then, from all my griefs, O Lord ! Thy mercy set me free : While, in the confidence of prayer, My soul took hold on thee. For though in dreadful whirls we hiicg... | |
 | David Creamer - 1848 - 488 pages
...Confusion dwelt in every face, And fear in every heart ; When waves on waves, and gulfs on gulfs, O'ercame the pilot's art. " Yet then from all my griefs, O Lord, Thy mercy set me free, While, in the confidence of prayer. My soul took hold on thee." This last stanza expresses the language... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1850 - 158 pages
...heart, When waves on waves, and gulfs on gulfs, O'ercame the pilot's art. Yet then from all my griefs, 0 Lord, Thy mercy set me free, Whilst, in the confidence...thee. For though in dreadful whirls we hung, High on the broken wave, I knew Thou wast not slow to hear, The storm was laid, the winds retir'd, Obedient... | |
 | Lady of Rhode Island - 1850 - 158 pages
...Confusion dwelt in every face, And fear in every heart ; When waves on waves, and gulfs on gulfs, O'ercame the pilot's art. Yet then from all my griefs, O Lord,...Thy mercy set me free ; Whilst in the confidence of prayer My soul took hold on Thee. The storm was laid, the winds retir'd, Obedient to thy will ;The... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 596 pages
...from all my griefs, oh Lord, Thy mercy set me free, Whilst in the confidence 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... | |
 | Christian poets - 1851 - 470 pages
...devoutly think, How, with affrighted eyes, Thou sawest the wide extended deep In all its horrors rise ! Yet then from all my griefs, O Lord, Thy mercy set me free ; While, in the confidence of prayer, My soul took hold on Thee. For though in dreadful whirls we hung... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1853 - 600 pages
...face, And fear in ev'ry heart, When waves on waves, and gulfs on gulfs, O'ercame the pilot's art. VL Yet then from all my griefs, O Lord, Thy mercy set...the confidence of pray'r My soul took hold on thee. 1 The allusion in these lines is to a violent gale he encountered in his Italian tour.— Vide Life.—... | |
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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. " The storm was laid, the winds retired, Obedient to thy will; The sea that roar'd at thy command, At thy command was still. 
