The restless-restless sea, <br />By night,-by day,-in ebb and flow,- <br />Yet every shifting tide, we know, <br />Is driven by that eternal law <br />Which has no failing, fault, or flaw,- <br />Which ruled, and rules eternally. <br /> <br /> <br />It takes its course from day to day <br />In changeless changes, resistless power, <br />Rises and falls from hour to hour, <br />Impelled by an Almighty sway. <br />We know the present,-know the past,- <br />And know that it will ever last. <br /> <br /> <br />For the same Wisdom which at first <br />Created all, and all maintains, <br />Will be omnipotent as erst, <br />While twilight, light, or darkness reigns; <br />But to the mind that views aright, <br />There is no darkness,-all is light.<br /><br />John Bowring<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-restless-sea/
