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Isaac Watts

1674 AD — 1748 AD

Listed in the author section of Bartlett’s ninth-edition anthology, in the linked 1905 printing. Dates reflect that historical edition and may differ from modern scholarship.

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Historical source references

Divine Songs
A Cradle Hymn
The Sluggard
Psalm v
Psalm cxvii
Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Horæ Lyricæ
Doxology
Page 689 · printed citation: Isaac Watts · subject: WORLD
Printed page 767 · quotation 10 · Isaac Watts · Sun, Moon and Stars, Praise Ye the Lord
Complete signed selection 552; printed byline: Isaac Watts; New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1901

Archive entries

01c. 1711 AD

Whene'er I take my walks abroad, How many poor I see! What shall I render to my God For all his gifts to me?

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02c. 1711 AD

A flower, when offered in the bud, Is no vain sacrifice.

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03c. 1711 AD

And he that does one fault at first And lies to hide it, makes it two.

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04c. 1711 AD

Let dogs delight to bark and bite, For God hath made them so; Let bears and lions growl and fight, For 't is their nature too.

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05c. 1711 AD

But, children, you should never let Such angry passions rise; Your little hands were never made To tear each other's eyes.

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06c. 1711 AD

Birds in their little nests agree; And 't is a shameful sight When children of one family Fall out, and chide, and fight.

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07c. 1711 AD

How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower!

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08c. 1711 AD

For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do.

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09c. 1711 AD

In books, or work, or healthful play.

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10c. 1711 AD

I have been there, and still would go; 'T is like a little heaven below.

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11c. 1711 AD

Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber! Holy angels guard thy bed! Heavenly blessings without number Gently falling on thy head.

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12c. 1711 AD

'T is the voice of the sluggard; I heard him complain, "You have wak'd me too soon, I must slumber again."

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13c. 1711 AD

Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear My voice ascending high.

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14c. 1711 AD

From all who dwell below the skies Let the Creator's praise arise; Let the Redeemer's name be sung Through every land, by every tongue.

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15c. 1711 AD

Fly, like a youthful hart or roe, Over the hills where spices grow.

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16c. 1711 AD

And while the lamp holds out to burn, The vilest sinner may return.

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17c. 1711 AD

Strange that a harp of thousand strings Should keep in tune so long!

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18c. 1711 AD

Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound.

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19c. 1711 AD

The tall, the wise, the reverend head Must lie as low as ours.

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20c. 1711 AD

When I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I 'll bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes.

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21c. 1711 AD

There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain.

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22c. 1711 AD

So, when a raging fever burns, We shift from side to side by turns; And 't is a poor relief we gain To change the place, but keep the pain.

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23c. 1711 AD

Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean with my span, I must be measured by my soul: The mind 's the standard of the man.

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24c. 1711 AD

To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, Three in One, Be honour, praise, and glory given By all on earth, and all in heaven.

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