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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Death and Heaven. In five Lyric Odes.
  
ODE I. The Spirit's Farewell to the Body after long Sickness.
  
ODE II. The Departing Moment; or, Absent from the Body.
  
ODE III. Entrance into Paradise; or, Present with the Lord.
  
ODE IV. The Sight of God in Heaven.
  
ODE V. A Funeral Ode at the Interment of the Body, supposed to be sung by the Mourners.
  
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.
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LXVI.—FRAGMENTS OF VERSE.
  
LXVII.—THE INSCRIPTIONS ON SEVERAL SMALL FRENCH PICTURES, TRANSLATED.
  
LXVIII.—INSCRIPTIONS ON DIALS.
  
LXVIII.—INSCRIPTIONS ON PORTRAITS.
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Various Mottos for an Effigy.
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LXX.—EPIGRAMS.
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LXXI.—EPITAPHS.
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REMNANTS OF TIME EMPLOYED, IN PROSE AND VERSE;

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ODE IV. The Sight of God in Heaven.

I

Creator-God, eternal light,
Fountain of good, tremendous power,
Ocean of wonders, blissful sight!
Beauty and love unknown before!

II

Thy grace, thy nature, all unknown
In yon dark region whence I came;
Where languid glimpses from thy throne
And feeble whispers teach thy name.

III

I'm in a world where all is new;
Myself, my God; O blest amaze!
Not my best hopes or wishes knew
To form a shadow of this grace.

IV

Fix'd on my God, my heart, adore:
My restless thoughts, forbear to rove:
Ye meaner passions, stir no more;
But all my powers be joy and love.
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