MEMORIALS OF A TOUR ON THE CONTINENT, 1820
IX. HYMN
FOR THE BOATMEN, AS THEY APPROACH THE RAPIDS UNDER THE CASTLE OF HEIDELBERG
MEMORIALS OF A TOUR ON THE CONTINENT, 1820
IX. HYMN
JESU! bless our slender Boat, By the current swept along; Loud its threatenings–let them not Drown the music of a song Breathed thy mercy to implore, Where these troubled waters roar! Saviour, for our warning, seen Bleeding on that precious Rood; If, while through the meadows green Gently wound the peaceful flood, 10 We forgot Thee, do not Thou Disregard thy Suppliants now! Hither, like yon ancient Tower Watching o’er the River’s bed, Fling the shadow of thy power, Else we sleep among the dead; Thou who trod’st the billowy sea, Shield us in our jeopardy! Guide our Bark among the waves; Through the rocks our passage smooth; 20 Where the whirlpool frets and raves Let thy love its anger soothe: All our hope is placed in Thee; ‘Miserere Domine!‘