Poems (Frances Elizabeth Browne)/Hymn
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HYMN.
O'er the dreary waste of waters
Where my dear one's footsteps rove,
Father! be thy care extended!
God of mercy and of love!
Where my dear one's footsteps rove,
Father! be thy care extended!
God of mercy and of love!
As of old, almighty Saviour!
Bid the winds and waves be still;
Now, as then, the powers of nature
Wait upon thy sovereign will.
Bid the winds and waves be still;
Now, as then, the powers of nature
Wait upon thy sovereign will.
Spread your sheltering wings around him,
Ye whom Heaven's blest missions bear,
Holy angels, guardian spirits,
Take, O, take him to your care!
Ye whom Heaven's blest missions bear,
Holy angels, guardian spirits,
Take, O, take him to your care!
Still this fallen world ye visit;
Though unseen, his steps attend;
Viewless messengers of mercy,
From all ill his course defend!
Though unseen, his steps attend;
Viewless messengers of mercy,
From all ill his course defend!
And, when life's short voyage is over,
When the waves of Jordan roll,
O, may angels round him hover,
Heaven's blest shores receive his soul!
When the waves of Jordan roll,
O, may angels round him hover,
Heaven's blest shores receive his soul!