The Poetical Works of Isaac Watts and Henry Kirke White, Volume 63Houghton, Mifflin, 1881 |
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... Earth and Heaven .. 3 7 Felicity Above .... God's Dominion and Decrees .. Self - Consecration The Creator and Creatures 8 11 ...... 13 The Nativity of Christ ..... 14 God glorious , and Sinners saved 16 The Humble Enquiry ; a French ...
... Earth and Heaven .. 3 7 Felicity Above .... God's Dominion and Decrees .. Self - Consecration The Creator and Creatures 8 11 ...... 13 The Nativity of Christ ..... 14 God glorious , and Sinners saved 16 The Humble Enquiry ; a French ...
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... Earth , and Sea , praise ye the Lord .. 80 The Farewell .. 82 God only known to Himself .. 83 Pardon and Sanctification .. 84 Sovereignty and Grace . 86 The Law and Gospel .. 87 Seeking a Divine Calm in a Restless World .. 88 Happy ...
... Earth , and Sea , praise ye the Lord .. 80 The Farewell .. 82 God only known to Himself .. 83 Pardon and Sanctification .. 84 Sovereignty and Grace . 86 The Law and Gospel .. 87 Seeking a Divine Calm in a Restless World .. 88 Happy ...
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... Earth 132 Ascending to Him in Heaven .. 133 The Presence of God worth dying for 134 Longing for His Return 136 Hope in Darkness 137 Come , Lord Jesus 139 Bewailing my own Inconstancy . 141 Forsaken , yet Hoping ..... 143 The Conclusion ...
... Earth 132 Ascending to Him in Heaven .. 133 The Presence of God worth dying for 134 Longing for His Return 136 Hope in Darkness 137 Come , Lord Jesus 139 Bewailing my own Inconstancy . 141 Forsaken , yet Hoping ..... 143 The Conclusion ...
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... earth , should consent to have the entail of their crowns cut off and take only the common lot of inheritance with other men . That he and they were by indefeasible election assured of salvation , was what he could willingly and ...
... earth , should consent to have the entail of their crowns cut off and take only the common lot of inheritance with other men . That he and they were by indefeasible election assured of salvation , was what he could willingly and ...
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... earth Be but the shadow of heaven , and things therein Each to other like , more than on earth is thought ? Blackmore , between whom and Milton Watts may be placed about half way , has asked himself the same question ; and accordingly ...
... earth Be but the shadow of heaven , and things therein Each to other like , more than on earth is thought ? Blackmore , between whom and Milton Watts may be placed about half way , has asked himself the same question ; and accordingly ...
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Page 213 - Go, lovely Rose ! Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied, That had'st thou sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired : Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired. Then die ! that she The common fate of all things rare May read in thee, —...
Page 225 - It was my guide, my light, my all, it bade my dark forebodings cease ; and through the storm and danger's thrall it led me to the port of peace. Now safely moored — my perils o'er, I'll sing, first in night's diadem, for ever and for evermore, the Star— The Star of Bethlehem...
Page 339 - In works of labour or of skill I would be busy too; For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do. In books, or work, or healthful play, Let my first years be past ; That I may give for every day Some good account at last.
Page lxxxix - Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet. He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
Page 366 - Twas to save thee, child, from dying, Save my dear from burning flame, Bitter groans and endless crying, That thy blest Redeemer came.
Page 364 - How much better thou'rt attended Than the- Son of God could be, When from heaven He descended And became a child like thee...
Page 15 - Here the whole Deity is known ; Nor dares a creature guess, — Which of the glories brightest shone, The justice, or the grace.
Page 358 - I'll not be proud of my youth or my beauty, Since both of them wither and fade; But gain a good name by well doing my duty, This will scent like a rose when I'm dead.
Page lxxxix - Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
Page 227 - Henry Kirke White died at Cambridge in October, 1806, in consequence of too much exertion in the pursuit of studies that would have matured a mind which disease and poverty could not impair, and which death itself destroyed rather than sub dued.