I trust him in thy hand!

"For thou who markest from on high

A sparrow's fall--each one!--

Surely, O Lord, thou'lt have an eye

On Alec Yeaton's son!"

Then, helm hard-port; right straight he sailed

Towards the headland light:

The wind it moaned, the wind it wailed,

And black, black fell the night.

Then burst a storm to make one quail,