The Works of the Reverend and Learned Isaac Watts, D. D. Containing, besides his Sermons, and Essays on miscellaneous subjects, several additional pieces, Selected from his Manuscripts by the Rev. Dr. Jennings, and the Rev. Dr. Doddridge, in 1753: to which are prefixed, memoirs of the life of the author, compiled by the Rev. George Burder. In six volumes |
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PSALM 63. v. 1, 2, 5, 3, 4. First Part. (C. M.) The Morning of a Lord's Day.
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PSALM 63. v. 1, 2, 5, 3, 4. First Part. (C. M.) The Morning of a Lord's Day.
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Early, my God, without delayI haste to seek thy face;
My thirsty spirit faints away,
Without thy cheering grace.
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So pilgrims on the scorching sand,Beneath a burning sky,
Long for a cooling stream at hand,
And they must drink or die.
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I've seen thy glory and thy powerThro' all thy temple shine;
My God, repeat that heavenly hour,
That vision so divine.
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Not all the blessings of a feastCan please my soul so well,
As when thy richer grace I taste,
And in thy presence dwell.
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Not life itself, with all her joys,Can my best passions move,
Or raise so high my cheerful voice
As thy forgiving love.
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Thus till my last expiring dayI'll bless my God and king;
Thus will I lift my hands to pray,
And tune my lips to sing.
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