steerest

Updated: June 17, 2025

Be thou the pilot of my soul, thou that steerest all creation with the unspeakable forethought of thy wisdom; and shew thou me the way that I should walk in; and, as thou art a good God and a lover of men, save me by the prayers and intercessions of Barlaam thy servant, for thou art my God, and thee I glorify, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen."

Saint John of Damascus - Barlaam and Ioasaph

"Hither, Jacopo thou steerest wide!" The beak of the gondola turned, and the glaring eye of the Bravo caught a glimpse of the fisherman's head. "Quickly, good Jacopo, I fail!" The murmuring of the water again drowned the stifled words. The efforts of the oar were frenzied, and at each stroke the light gondola appeared to rise from its element. "Jacopo hither dear Jacopo!"

James Fenimore Cooper - The Bravo