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Quotes by Isaac Watts
“ Tis the voice of the sluggard; I heard him complain,
You have waked me too soon, I must slumber again. ”
“ Do not hover always on the surface of things, nor take up suddenly with mere appearances; but penetrate into the depth of matters, as far as your time and circumstances allow, especially in those things which relate to your own profession. Do not indulge yourselves to judge of things by the first glimpse, or a short and superficial view of them; for this will fill the mind with errors and prejudices, and give it a wrong turn and ill habit of thinking, and make much work for retraction. ”
“ A thousand ages in Thy sight
Are like an evening gone;
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun. ”
“ And while the lamp holds out to burn,
The vilest sinner may return. ”
“ Our God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home. ”
“ The tall, the wise, the reverend head
Must lie as low as ours. ”
“ I write not for your farthing, but to try / How I your farthing writers, may outvie. ”
“ 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. ”
“ There is a land of pure delight,
Where saints immortal reign;
Infinite day excludes the night,
And pleasures banish pain. ”
“ 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. ”
“ Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound. ”
“ Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear
My voice ascending high. ”
“ 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. ”
“ 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. ”
“ Maintain a constant watch at all times against a dogmatical spirit: fix not your assent to any proposition in a firm and unalterable manner, till you have some firm and unalterable ground for it, and till you have arrived at some clear and sure evidence. ”
“ Fly, like a youthful hart or roe,
Over the hills where spices grow. ”
“ When I can read my title clear
To mansions in the skies,
I'll bid farewell to every fear,
And wipe my weeping eyes. ”
“ Strange that a harp of thousand strings
Should keep in tune so long! ”
“ Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
Bears all its sons away;
They fly forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day. ”
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