The Works of the Reverend and Learned Isaac Watts, D. D. ::

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.

HORÆ LYRICÆ.

RELIQUIÆ JUVENILES.

[My God, I love and I adore]

III.—TO DORIO. THE FIRST LYRIC HOUR.

IV.—THE HEBREW POET.

V.—THE THANKFUL PHILOSOPHER.

IX.—THE SACRED CONCERT OF PRAISE.

X.—THE WORLD A STRANGER TO GOD.

XIII.—THE MIDNIGHT ELEVATION.

XIV.—THE HONOURABLE MAGISTRATE.

XVIII—YOUTH AND DEATH

XIX.—BABYLON DESTROYED; OR, THE 137TH PSALM TRANSLATED.

XX.—AN EPITAPH ON BIGOTRY, TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN, Which was written by the late pious and ingenious MR. JOHN REYNOLDS, And inserted in the Occasional Paper, Vol. III. Numb. 6 .

XXII.—AN HYMN TO CHRIST JESUS, THE ETERNAL LIFE.

XXIV—DAVID'S LAMENTATION OVER SAUL AND JONATHAN;2 SAM i.19&c.

XXIX.—ON THE SIGHT OF QUEEN MARY, IN THE YEAR 1694.

XXX.—ON THE EFFIGIES OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS GEORGE, LATE PRINCE OF DENMARK, AND LORD HIGH ADMIRAL OF GREAT BRITAIN, MADE IN WAX, AND SEATED AT A BANQUET NEAR THE EFFIGIES OF HER LATE MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE.

Albinus.

[‘Words of eternal truth proclaim]

XXXV.—AGAINST LEWDNESS.

XXXVI.—AGAINST DRUNKENNESS.

XXXVIII.—PASSION AND REASON.

XLVI.—COWARDICE AND SELF-LOVE.

THOUGHTS AND MEDITATIONS IN A LONG SICKNESS.

[Hail, Hebrew psalmist king! Hail, happy hour!]

LIII.—AN ELEGY ON SOPHRONIA, WHO DIED OF THE SMALL-POX, 1711.

LIV.—AN ELEGY ON THE MUCH-LAMENTED DEATH OF MRS. ELIZABETH BURY, LATE WIFE OF THE REV. MR. SAMUEL BURY, OF BRISTOL, ANNEXED TO SOME MEMOIRS OF HER LIFE, DRAWN UP BY HIM; BUT COLLECTED OUT OF HER OWN PAPERS.

At the Death of that excellent Man Sir Thomas Abney.

Death and Heaven. In five Lyric Odes.

LXI.—ON THE CORONATION OF THEIR MAJESTIES KING GEORGE II. AND QUEEN CAROLINE. OCTOBER 11, 1727.

LXII.—A LOYAL WISH ON HER MAJESTY'S BIRTH-DAY, MARCH 1, COMMONLY CALLED ST. DAVID'S DAY.

LXIII.—PIETY IN A COURT. TO PHILOMELA.

1. A Rural Meditation.

2. A Penitential Thought.

3. A Midnight Hymn.

4. The dying Christian's Hope.

LXVI.—FRAGMENTS OF VERSE.

LXVII.—THE INSCRIPTIONS ON SEVERAL SMALL FRENCH PICTURES, TRANSLATED.

LXVIII.—INSCRIPTIONS ON DIALS.

LXVIII.—INSCRIPTIONS ON PORTRAITS.

Various Mottos for an Effigy.

LXX.—EPIGRAMS.

LXXI.—EPITAPHS.

REMNANTS OF TIME EMPLOYED, IN PROSE AND VERSE;

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XXXVI.—AGAINST DRUNKENNESS.

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Is it not strange that every creature
Should know the measure of its thirst,
(They drink but to support their nature,
And give due moisture to their dust;)

II

While man, vile man, whose nobler kind
Should scorn to act beneath the beast,
Drowns all the glories of his mind,
And kills his soul to please his taste!

III

O what a hateful, shameful sight,
Are drunkards reeling through the street!
Now they are fond, and now they fight,
And pour their shame on all they meet.

IV

Is it so exquisite a pleasure
To troll down liquor through the throat,
And swill, and know no bound nor measure,
'Till sense and reason are forgot?

V

Do they deserve th'immortal name
Of man, who sink so far below?
Will God, the maker of their frame,
Endure to see them spoil it so?

VI

Can they e'er think of heav'n and grace,
Or hope for glory when they die?
Can such vile ghosts expect a place,
Among the shining souls on high?

VII

The meanest seat is too refin'd
To entertain a drunkard there.
Ye sinners of this loathsome kind,
Repent, or perish in despair.

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