| 1817 - 314 Seiten
...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 retir'd. Obedient to thy will; The... | |
| Thomas Chalkley - 1818 - 462 Seiten
...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 retir'd, Obedient to thy will;... | |
| Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 Seiten
...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 High on the broken wave, I knew thou wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save. The storm was laid, the winds retir'd. Obedient to thy will ; The... | |
| James Ferguson - 1819 - 310 Seiten
...the confidence of prayer, My soul took hold on thee. . VII. " Yet then from all my griefs, O Lord, " 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 retir'd, Obedient to thy will;... | |
| John Bowdler - 1821 - 510 Seiten
...griefs, O LORD, Thy mercy set me free, Whilst in the confidence of pray'r, 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 retir'd, Obedient to Thy will ; The... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 Seiten
...griefs, O Lord, Thy mercy set me free ; "While in the confidence of pray'r 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 retir'd, Obedient to thy will ; i... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 Seiten
...griefs, O Lord, Thy mercy set me free • iii the confidence ot pray'r soul took hold on thee. 7. Fortho' in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave, I knew thou wert no' sl,-*vf to hear, Nor impotent fo save. S. The storm was laid, the winds retir'd. Obedient to thy... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1854 - 580 Seiten
...blest, O Lord ! ' I particularly remember one halfstanza, which was music to my boyish ear : — " For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave.' " The hymn referred to was suggested by the writer's providential escape during a fearful storm encountered... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 298 Seiten
...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 ; The... | |
| Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1822 - 322 Seiten
...Lord, Thy mercy set me free; \Vhile 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 wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save. 8. The storm was laid, the winds retir'd, And praise thee for thy... | |
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