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... Verse ! accept the lays Of a young bard that dares attempt thy praise , ---- No vulgar themes thy pious Muse engage , No scenes of lust pollute thy sacred page : You in majestic numbers mount the skies , And meet descending angels as ...
... Verse ! accept the lays Of a young bard that dares attempt thy praise , ---- No vulgar themes thy pious Muse engage , No scenes of lust pollute thy sacred page : You in majestic numbers mount the skies , And meet descending angels as ...
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... verse or two that shew the one to be writ in the morning the other in the evening , wherefore I have chosen out those parts that seem most easily applicable , and have turned them into a morning and evening song . Volume 1 . D 7 5. Let ...
... verse or two that shew the one to be writ in the morning the other in the evening , wherefore I have chosen out those parts that seem most easily applicable , and have turned them into a morning and evening song . Volume 1 . D 7 5. Let ...
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... verse of the Psalmist , but have endeavoured to contract the substance of it into fewer lines , yet not without a regard to the literal sense and words also , as will appear by the comparison . 3. When I survey the stars And all their ...
... verse of the Psalmist , but have endeavoured to contract the substance of it into fewer lines , yet not without a regard to the literal sense and words also , as will appear by the comparison . 3. When I survey the stars And all their ...
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... verse of this Psalm towards the end will not appear offensive , since the connexion of it with the other parts of the Psalm appears so much more visible . PSALM VIII . COMMON METRE . Christ's condescension and glorification PSALMS . 37.
... verse of this Psalm towards the end will not appear offensive , since the connexion of it with the other parts of the Psalm appears so much more visible . PSALM VIII . COMMON METRE . Christ's condescension and glorification PSALMS . 37.
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... verses are here paraphrased , and ex- plained by the history of the children crying Hosanna to Christ , Matt . xxi . 15 , 16. where our Saviour cites . and applies those words of the Psalmist . 2. That thou shouldst raise his nature so ...
... verses are here paraphrased , and ex- plained by the history of the children crying Hosanna to Christ , Matt . xxi . 15 , 16. where our Saviour cites . and applies those words of the Psalmist . 2. That thou shouldst raise his nature so ...
Common terms and phrases
20 PSALM almighty angels Behold bless'd blessings blest blood breath cheerful Christ church command COMMON METRE death divine dreadful dust dwell earth eternal ev'ry exalted eyes Father fear feet flesh flowing tears foes glorious gospel groans hath hear heart heav'n heav'nly hell holy honours hope Hosanna humble humble souls ISAAC WATTS Israel Jews justice King last judgment lips LONG METRE Lord love restore mighty nations ne'er night o'er PAUSE peace proclaim rage rais'd reigns rejoice rest righteousness rise sacred salvation Saviour shine SHORT METRE sing sinners sins Sion skies song sons sorrows soul sov'reign spirit spread stand Stanza thee thine thou hast thoughts thro thy face thy grace thy hand thy law thy love Thy mercy thy name thy pow'r thy praise thy saints thy throne thy word tongue trust verses voice wakeful eyes Watts wonders wondrous worship wrath ye saints
Popular passages
Page 50 - SWEET is the work, my God, my King, To praise thy name, give thanks and sing ; To show thy love by morning light, And talk of all thy truth at night.
Page 25 - Thou art a God, before whose sight The wicked shall not stand; Sinners shall ne'er be thy delight, Nor dwell at thy right hand.
Page 116 - From all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's praise arise ; Let the Redeemer's name be sung, Through every land, by every tongue. 2. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; Eternal truth attends thy word : Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.
Page 56 - King. 2 He formed the deeps unknown; He gave the seas their bound; The watery worlds are all his own, And all the solid ground. 3 Come, worship at his throne, Come, bow before the Lord; We are his works, and not our own; He formed us by his word.
Page 138 - A broken heart, my God, my King, Is all the sacrifice I bring ; The God of grace will ne'er despise A broken heart for sacrifice. 6 My soul lies humbled in the dust, And owns thy dreadful sentence just ; Look down, O Lord, with pitying eye, And save the soul condemn'd to die.
Page 68 - We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs, High as the heavens our voices raise; And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise. 5 Wide as the world is thy command; Vast as eternity thy love; Firm as a rock thy truth shall stand, When rolling years shall cease to move.
Page 198 - LL praise my Maker with my breath ; And, when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers : My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.
Page 151 - EARLY, my God, without delay, I haste to seek thy face, My thirsty spirit faints away, Without thy cheering grace. 2 So pilgrims, on the scorching sand, Beneath a burning sky, Long for a cooling stream at hand, And they must drink or die.
Page 78 - Tis he relieves thy pain. Tis he that heals thy sicknesses, And makes thee young again. 4 He crowns thy life with love, When ransom'd from the grave ; He that redeem'd my soul from hell, Hath sovereign power to save.
Page 198 - Happy the man whose hopes rely On Israel's God : He made the sky, And earth, and seas, with all their train. His truth for ever stands secure ; He saves th' oppressed, He feeds the poor, And none shall find His promise vain.