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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VI. COMPLAINT AND HOPE UNDER GREAT PAIN. 1736.
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Lord, I am pain'd; but I resignTo thy superior will:
'Tis grace, 'tis wisdom all divine,
Appoints the pains I feel.
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Dark are thy ways of providence,While those that love thee groan:
Thy reasons lie conceal'd from sense,
Mysterious and unknown.
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Yet nature may have leave to speak,And plead before her God,
Lest the o'er-burden'd heart should break
Beneath thy heavy rod.
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Will nothing but such daily painSecure my soul from hell?
Canst thou not make my health attain
Thy kind designs as well?
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How shall my tongue proclaim thy graceWhile thus at home confin'd?
What can I write, while painful flesh
Hangs heavy on the mind?
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These groans and sighs and flowing tearsGive my poor spirit ease,
While every groan my Father hears,
And every tear he sees.
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Is not some smiling hour at handWith peace upon its wings?
Give it, O God, thy swift command,
With all the joys it brings.
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