And toss their giant arms amid the skies,
While each assailing blast increase of strength supplies.
Beattie.
The strength of man sinks in the hour of trial;
But there doth live a power, that to the battle
Girdeth the weak.
Joanna Baillie.
When adverse winds and waves arise,
And in my heart despondence sighs,—
While life her throng of care reveals,