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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HYMN 63. (C. M.) A Funeral Thought.
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Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound,My ears attend the cry,
‘Ye living men, come view the ground
‘Where you must shortly lie.
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‘Princes, this clay must be your bed,‘In spite of all your towers;
‘The tall, the wise, the reverend head
‘Must lie as low as ours.’
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Great God, is this our certain doom?And are we still secure?
Still walking downward to our tomb,
And yet prepare no more?
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Grant us the powers of quickening graceTo fit our souls to fly,
Then, when we drop this dying flesh,
We'll rise above the sky.
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