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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
Watts, Isaac (1674-1748)

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VOL. IV.
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HORÆ LYRICÆ.
  
ON READING DR. WATTS'S POEMS SACRED TO PIETY AND DEVOTION.
  
TO DR. WATTS, On his Poems sacred to Devotion.
  
TO DR. WATTS, On reading his Horæ Lyricæ.
  
TO DR. WATTS, On his Divine Poems.
  
TO DR. WATTS, On the Fifth Edition of his Horæ Lyricæ.
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BOOK I. SACRED TO DEVOTION AND PIETY.
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BOOK II. SACRED TO VIRTUE, HONOUR AND FRIENDSHIP.
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BOOK III. SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE DEAD.
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RELIQUIÆ JUVENILES.
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REMNANTS OF TIME EMPLOYED, IN PROSE AND VERSE;

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HYMN 90. (C. M.) The same.

[Lo the young tribes of Adam rise]

I

Lo the young tribes of Adam rise,
And thro' all nature rove,
Fulfil the wishes of their eyes,
And taste the joys they love.

II

They give a loose to wild desires,
But let the sinners know
The strict account that God requires
Of all the works they do.

III

The Judge prepares his throne on high,
The frighted earth and seas
Avoid the fury of his eye,
And flee before his face.

IV

How shall I bear that dreadful day,
And stand the fiery test?
I give all mortal joys away
To be for ever blest.
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