Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Asia: Vols. XXI–XXIII. 1876–79. | | | | Syria: Galilee | | Peace! It Is I | | Anonymous |
| | (Falsely ascribed to Anatolius, Patriarch of Constantinople)
Translated by J. M. Neale |
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FIERCE was the wild billow, | |
| Dark was the night; | |
| Oars labored heavily, | |
| Foam glimmered white; | |
| Mariners trembled, | 5 |
| Peril was nigh; | |
| Then said the God of God: | |
| “Peace! it is I!” | |
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| Ridge of the mountain-wave, | |
| Lower thy crest! | 10 |
| Wail of the stormy wind, | |
| Be thou at rest! | |
| Peril can none be, | |
| Sorrow must fly, | |
| Where saith the Light of Light: | 15 |
| “Peace! it is I!” | |
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| Jesu, Deliverer! | |
| Come thou to me! | |
| Soothe thou my voyaging | |
| Over life’s sea! | 20 |
| Thou, when the storm of death | |
| Roars, sweeping by, | |
| Whisper, O Truth of Truth! | |
| “Peace! it is I!” | | | |
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