They know Thou art not slow to hear,

Nor impotent to save.

The storm is laid, the winds retire,

Obedient to Thy will;

The sea that roars at Thy command,

At Thy command is still.

* Hugh Wilson was a Scotch weaver of Kilmarnock, born 1764; died 1824.

“FIERCE WAS THE WILD BILLOW.”

(Ζοφερᾱς τρικυμίας)