Quote#Truth
Winds are raging fierce and high
Quote byJessie Saxby · 1842–1940
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: text at archive.org.
English (original)
Winds are raging fierce and high, Lurid lightnings wreathe the sky, Thunders roll and night is nigh, Ships 'mid storm-toss'd breakers lie At the ocean's will. Little ones there are who weep, Wives who weary vigils keep, When all else have gone to sleep. Father! to yon angry deep "Say Thou, Peace, be still."
— Jessie Saxby
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