Darkly the wa­ters roll,
And pass with a sull­en roar;
And they surge, and ed­dy, and awe the soul
That must pass to the oth­er shore.

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Waters roll, wa­ters roll,
And pass with a sull­en roar;
Waters roll, wa­ters roll,
As we pass to the oth­er shore.

Into the seeth­ing foam
The wea­ri­some soul must go;
But, oh, what a won­der­ful change has come
That calme­th the wa­ters so.

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Jesus, the Sav­ior, spoke
Unto the wild waves: Be still!
And the waves in­to harm­less rip­ples broke,
Becalmed by the Mas­ter’s will.

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