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[A PRAYER IN TIME OF STORMS]

May he whose Nod the Hurricanes & Storms
And blustering Waves in all their dreadful Forms
With calm adoring Reverence obey;
May He with friendly Vigilance preside
O'er the outragious Winds & boisterous Tide,
And safe thro' Crowds of Deaths conduct your dang'rous Way!