TRUST. 


I KNOW not what the future hath

Of marvel or surprise, 

Assured alone that life and death 

God's mercy underlies.

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. 





Whittier.