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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The Infinite.
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Some seraph, lend your heav'nly tongue,Or harp of golden string,
That I may raise a lofty song
To our eternal King.
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Thy names, how infinite they be!Great Everlasting One!
Boundless thy might and majesty,
And unconfin'd thy throne.
III
Thy glories shine of wondrous size,And wondrous large thy grace;
Immortal day breaks from thine eyes,
And Gabriel veils his face.
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Thine essence is a vast abyss,Which angels cannot sound,
An ocean of infinities
Where all our thoughts are drown'd.
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The mysteries of creation lieBeneath enlighten'd minds,
Thoughts can ascend above the sky,
And fly before the winds.
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Reason may grasp the massy hillsAnd stretch from pole to pole,
But half thy name our spirit fills,
And overloads our soul.
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In vain our haughty reason swells,For nothing's found in Thee
But boundless inconceivables,
And vast eternity.
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