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How oft the ruddy cheek will pale To leave the earth behind! How oft the glowing heart will quail Before the tempest wind! We fear the billow’s dash, but why? There’s One to guard and save; There’s One whose wide and watchful eye Sleeps not above the wave.
How oft the ruddy cheek will pale To leave the earth behind! How oft the glowing heart will quail Before the tempest wind! We fear the billow’s dash, but why? There’s One to guard and save; There’s One whose wide and watchful eye Sleeps not above the wave.
Approximate author period: c. 1817 AD · industrial
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- Eliza Cook
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- Approximate author period: c. 1817 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 659 · printed citation: Eliza Cook · subject: WAVES
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