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==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
This is a list of poems in ''Horae Lyricae'' (''Lyric Poems'') written by [[Isaac Watts]] in 1705 and thereafter. | This is a list of poems in ''Horae Lyricae'' (''Lyric Poems'') written by [[Isaac Watts]] in 1705 and thereafter. Text pages should be created for these poems as they are needed in Works Pages.<br> | ||
In the table below, a blank for ''Meter'' or ''Lines'' signifies that the meter or number of lines per stanza is irregular. The numbering in column one is not in the original, but has been added to maintain the sequence in the original publication. | In the table below, a blank for ''Meter'' or ''Lines'' signifies that the meter or number of lines per stanza is irregular. The numbering in column one is not in the original, but has been added to maintain the sequence in the original publication. | ||
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===1. Poems in Book 1=== | ===1. Poems in Book 1=== | ||
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| | | 1 || Worshipping With Fear || C. M. || 4 || 9 || Who dares attempt the eternal name | ||
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| | | 2 || Asking Leave to Sing || C. M. || 4 || 5 || Yet, mighty God, indulge my tongue | ||
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| | | 3 || Divine Judgments || || 9 || 6 || Not from the dust my sorrows spring | ||
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| | | 4 || Earth and Heaven || || 12 || 4 || Hast thou not seen, impatient boy | ||
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| | | 5 || Felicity Above || C. M. || 4 || 5 || No, 'tis in vain to seek for bliss | ||
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| | | 6 || God's Dominion and Decrees || C. M. || 4 || 12 || [[Keep silence, all created things]] | ||
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| | | 7 || Self-Consecration || 886. 8886. || 7 || 5 || [[It grieves me, Lord, it grieves me sore]] | ||
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| | | 8 || The Creator and Creatures || L. M. || 4 || 8 || [[God is a name my soul adores]] | ||
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| | | 9 || The Nativity of Christ || C. M. || 4 || 8 || [[Shepherds, rejoice! lift up your eyes]] | ||
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| | | 10 || God Glorious and Sinners Saved || C. M. || 4 || 9 || Father, how wide Thy glory shines | ||
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| | | 11 || The Humble Inquiry || 10.10.10. || 3 || 6 || Grace rules below, and sits enthroned above | ||
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| | | 12 || The Penitent Pardoned || L. M. || 4 || 8 || [[Hence from my soul, my sins, depart]] | ||
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| | | 13 || A Hymn of Praise, Part 1 || L. M. || 4 || 8 || Infinite God! Thy counsels stand | ||
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| | | 14 || A Hymn of Praise, Part 2 || L. M. || 4 || 10 || Assume, my tongue, a nobler strain | ||
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| | | 15 || The Incomprehensible || || 6 || 4 || Far in the heavens my God retires | ||
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| | | 16 || Death and Eternity || C. M. || 4 || 9 || [[My thoughts, that often mount the skies]] | ||
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| | | 17 || A Sight of Heaven in Sickness || C. M. || 4 || 9 || [[Oft have I sat in secret sighs]] | ||
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| | | 18 || The Universal Hallelujah (Psalm 148) || C. M. || 4 || 14 || [[Psalm 148|Praise ye the Lord with joyful tongue]] | ||
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| | | 19 || The Atheist's Mistake || C. M. || 4 || 9 || Laugh, ye profane, and swell and burst | ||
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| | | 20 || The Law Given At Sinai || || 12 || 11 || Arm thee with thunder, heavenly muse | ||
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| | | 21 || Remember Your Creator (Ecclesiastes 7) || C. M. || 4 || 10 || Children, to your Creator, God | ||
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| | | 22 || Sun, Moon, and Stars, Praise Ye the Lord || L. M. || 4 || 9 || [[Fairest of all the lights above]] | ||
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| | | 23 || The Welcome Messenger || C. M. || 4 || 8 || Lord, when we see a saint of Thine | ||
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| | | 24 || Sincere Praise || S. M. || 4 || 11 || [[Almighty Maker, God]] | ||
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| | | 25 || True Learning || || || 10 || Happy the feet that shining truth has led | ||
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| | | 26 || True Wisdom || || || 11 || Pronounce him blest, my muse, whom wisdom guides | ||
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| | | 27 || A Song To Creating Wisdom || C. M. || 4 || 18 || [[Eternal wisdom, thee we praise]] | ||
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| | | 28 || God's Absolute Dominion || || || 4 || Lord, when my thoughtful soul surveys | ||
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| | | 29 || Condescending Grace (Psalm 114) || C. M. || 4 || 6 || When the Eternal bows the skies | ||
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| | | 30 || The Infinite || C. M. || 4 || 7 || [[Some seraph, lend your heavenly tongue]] | ||
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| | | 31 || Confession and Pardon || S. M. || 4 || 17 || [[Alas, my aching heart]] | ||
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| | | 32 || Young Men and Maidens (Psalm 148:12) || || || 4 || Sons of Adam, bold and young | ||
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| | | 33 || Flying Fowl and Creeping Things (Psalm 148:10) || || || 3 || Sweet flocks, whose soft enameled wing | ||
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| | | 34 || The Comparison and Complaint || C. M. || 4 || 10 || Infinite power, eternal Lord | ||
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| | | 35 || God Supreme and Self-Sufficient || L. M. || 4 || 6 || [[What is our God, or what his name]] | ||
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| | | 36 || Jesus the Only Savior || L. M. || 4 || 13 || Adam, our father and our head | ||
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| | | 37 || Looking Upward || S. M. || 4 || 5 || The heavens invite mine eye | ||
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| | | 38 || Christ Dying, Rising, and Reigning || L. M. || 4 || 6 || He dies! The heavenly lover dies | ||
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| | | 39 || The God of Thunder || L. M. || 4 || 6 || O the immense, the amazing height | ||
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| | | 40 || The Day of Judgment || 10 10. 10 6. || 4 || 9 || [[When the fierce north wind with his airy forces]] | ||
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| | | 41 || The Song of Angels Above || C. M. || 4 || 22 || [[Earth has detained me prisoner long]] | ||
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| | | 42 || Fire, Air, Earth, and Sea || || || 5 || Earth, thou great footstool of our God | ||
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| | | 43 || The Farewell || L. M. || 4 || 5 || Dead be my heart to all below | ||
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| | | 44 || God Only Known to Himself || L. M. || 4 || 6 || [[Stand and adore! How glorious he]] | ||
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| | | 45 || Pardon and Sanctification || C. M. || 4 || 7 || My crimes awake; and hideous fear | ||
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| | | 46 || Sovereignty and Grace || C. M. || 4 || 7 || [[The Lord! how fearful is His name]] | ||
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| | | 47 || The Law and Gospel || L. M. || 4 || 6 || [[Cursed be the man, forever cursed]] | ||
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| | | 48 || Seeking a Divine Calm in a Restless World || 886. 886. || 6 || 4 || Eternal mind, who rules the fates | ||
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| | | 49 || Happy Frailty || C. M. || 4 || 12 || How meanly dwells the immortal mind | ||
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| | | 50 || Launching Into Eternity || || 23 || 1 || It was a brave attempt! Adventurous he | ||
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| | | 51 || A Prospect of the Resurrection || C. M. || 4 || 9 || How long shall death, the tyrant, reign | ||
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| | | 52 || Ad Dominum nostrum et Servatorem, Jesum Christum (Nov. 1694) || 10 10. 8 10. || 4 || 21 || Te, grande numen, corporis incola | ||
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| | | 53 || Sui - Ipsius Increpatio || || 14 || 1 || Corpora cur haeres, Wattsi? Cur incola terrae | ||
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| | | 54 || Excitatio Cordis Caelum Versus (1694) || 10 10. 10 6. || 4 || 4 || Heu quod secla terris carcere corporis | ||
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| | | 55 || Breathing Towards the Heavenly Country || || || 2 || The beauty of my native land | ||
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| | | 56 || Casimiri Epigramma 100 || || 8 || 1 || Ardalio sacros deridet carmine ritus | ||
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| | | 57 || On Saint Ardalio || 10 10 10. || 3 || 5 || Ardalio jeers, and in his comic strains | ||
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| | | 58 || When the Protestant Church at Montpelier Was Demolished || || 11 || 1 || A Hugonot church, once at Montpelier built | ||
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| | | 59 || The Answer || || 11 || 1 || A Christian church, once at Montpelier stood | ||
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| | | 60 || Two Happy Rivals, Devotion and the Muse || || || || Wild as the lightning, various as the moon | ||
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| | | 61 || The Hazard of Loving the Creatures || C. M. || 4 || 6 || Where-e'er my flattering passions rove | ||
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| | | 62 || Desiring to Love Christ || L. M. || 4 || 7 || [[Come, let me love: or is my mind]] | ||
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| | | 63 || The Heart Given Away || C. M. || 4 || 7 || If there aare passions in my soul | ||
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| | | 64 || Meditation in a Grove || C. M. || 4 || 7 || Sweet muse, descend and bless the shade | ||
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| | | 65 || The Fairest and the Only Beloved || 886. 8886. || 7 || 6 || Honor to that diviner ray | ||
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| | | 66 || Mutual Love Stronger Than Death || 886. 8886. || 7 || 3 || Not the rich world of mines above | ||
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| | | 67 || A Sight of Christ (By Mr. W. Nokes) || || || 7 || Angels of light, your God and King surround | ||
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| | | 68 || Love On a Cross and a Throne || L. M. || 4 || 6 || [[Now let my faith grow strong, and rise]] | ||
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| | | 69 || A Preparatory Thought For the Lord's Supper (Isaiah 63:1-3) || L. M. || 4 || 6 || What heavenly man, or lovely God | ||
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| | | 70 || Converse With Christ || 886. 8886. || 7 || 8 || I'm tired with visits, modes, and forms | ||
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| | | 71 || Grace Shining, and Nature Fainting (Song 1:3, 2:5, 6:5) || || 9 || 8 || Tell me, fairest of thy kind | ||
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| | | 72 || Love to Christ, Present or Absent || L. M. || 4 || 8 || [[Of all the joys we mortals know]] | ||
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| | | 73 || The Absence of Christ || C. M. || 4 || 7 || Come, lead me to some lofty shade | ||
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| | | 74 || Desiring His Descent to Earth || L. M. || 4 || 6 || Jesus I love, come dearest name | ||
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| | | 75 || Ascending to Him in Heaven || C. M. || 4 || 6 || Tis pure delight without alloy | ||
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| | | 76 || The Presence of God Worth Dying For || C. M. || 4 || 8 || Lord, tis an infinite delight | ||
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| | | 77 || Longing for His Return || C. M. || 4 || 5 || [[O twas a mournful parting day]] | ||
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| | | 78 || Hope in Darkness (1694) || || || 4 || [[Yet, gracious God]] | ||
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| | | 79 || Come, Lord Jesus || C. M. || 4 || 12 || [[When shall Thy lovely face be seen]] | ||
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| | | 80 || Bewailing My Own Inconstancy || L. M. || 4 || 10 || I love the Lord, but ah, how far | ||
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| | | 81 || Forsaken, Yet Hoping || L. M. || 4 || 8 || Happy the hours, the golden days | ||
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| | | 82 || God Exalted Above All Praise || L. M. || 4 || 6 || [[Eternal power! Whose high abode]] | ||
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| 1 || To Her Majesty || | | 1 || To Her Majesty || || || 6 || Queen of the northern world, whose gentle sway || August 1, 1721 | ||
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| 2 || Palinodia || | | 2 || Palinodia || || || 2 || Britons, forgive the forward muse || August 1, 1721 | ||
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| 3 || To John Locke, Esq. || | | 3 || To John Locke, Esq. || || || 2 || Angels are made of heavenly things || | ||
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| 4 || To John Shute, Esq. || 886. 8886. || 7 || 3 || And must the man of wondrous mind || June, 1704 | | 4 || To John Shute, Esq. || 886. 8886. || 7 || 3 || And must the man of wondrous mind || June, 1704 | ||
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| 5 || Friendship || C. M. || 4 || 5 || Friendship, thou charmer of the mind || 1702 | | 5 || Friendship || C. M. || 4 || 5 || Friendship, thou charmer of the mind || 1702 | ||
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| 6 || To Nathaniel Gould, Esq. || | | 6 || To Nathaniel Gould, Esq. || || || 3 || Tis not by splendor, but by state || 1704 | ||
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| 7 || The Life of Souls || 86. 86. 86. 8886. || 8 || 5 || Swift as the sun revolves the day || 1704 | | 7 || The Life of Souls || 86. 86. 86. 8886. || 8 || 5 || Swift as the sun revolves the day || 1704 | ||
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| 8 || False Greatness || 88. 88. 88. 8686. || 8 || 3 || Mylo, forbear to call him blessed || | | 8 || False Greatness || 88. 88. 88. 8686. || 8 || 3 || Mylo, forbear to call him blessed || | ||
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| 9 || To Sarissa || | | 9 || To Sarissa || || || 5 || Bear up, Sarissa, through the ruffling storms || | ||
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| 10 || Paradise || | | 10 || Paradise || || || 6 || Young as I am, I quit the stage || 1708 | ||
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| 11 || Strict Religion Very Rare || 886. 8886 || 7 || 6 || I'm borne aloft, and leave the crowd || | | 11 || Strict Religion Very Rare || 886. 8886 || 7 || 6 || I'm borne aloft, and leave the crowd || | ||
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| 12 || To Mr. C. and S. Fleetwood || | | 12 || To Mr. C. and S. Fleetwood || || || 4 || [[Fleetwoods, young generous pair]] || | ||
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| 13 || To William Blackbourn, Esq. || 10 10. 10 10. || 4 || 6 || [[Mark how it snows! How fast the valley fills]] || | | 13 || To William Blackbourn, Esq. || 10 10. 10 10. || 4 || 6 || [[Mark how it snows! How fast the valley fills]] || | ||
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| 14 || True Monarchy || | | 14 || True Monarchy || || || 7 || The rising year beheld the imperious Gaul || | ||
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| 15 || True Courage || | | 15 || True Courage || || || 7 || Honor demands my song. Forget the ground || | ||
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| 16 || Free Philosophy || | | 16 || Free Philosophy || || || 3 || Custom, that tyraness of fools || | ||
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| 17 || The Way of the Multitude || | | 17 || The Way of the Multitude || || || 4 || Rowe, if we make the crowd our guide || | ||
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| 18 || To The Rev. Mr. John Howe || | | 18 || To The Rev. Mr. John Howe || || || 3 || Great man, permit the muse to climb || 1704 | ||
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| 19 || The Disappointment and Relief || | | 19 || The Disappointment and Relief || || || 3 || Virtue, permit my fancy to impose || | ||
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| 20 || The Hero's School of Morality || | | 20 || The Hero's School of Morality || || || 3 || Theron, among his travels, found || | ||
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| 21 || Freedom || | | 21 || Freedom || || || 3 || Tempt me no more; my soul can ne'er comport || 1697 | ||
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| 22 || On Mr. Locke's Annotations || | | 22 || On Mr. Locke's Annotations || || || 4 || Thus reason learns, by slow degrees || | ||
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| 23 || True Riches || 77. 77. 77. 77. || 8 || 6 || [[I am not concerned to know]] || | | 23 || True Riches || 77. 77. 77. 77. || 8 || 6 || [[I am not concerned to know]] || | ||
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| 24 || The Adventurous Muse || | | 24 || The Adventurous Muse || || || 6 || Urania takes her morning flight || | ||
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| 25 || The Complaint || 886. 886. || 6 || 8 || Twas in a vale, where osiers grow || | | 25 || The Complaint || 886. 886. || 6 || 8 || Twas in a vale, where osiers grow || | ||
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| 26 || The Afflictions of a Friend || C. M. || 4 || 8 || Now let my cares all buried lie || 1702 | | 26 || The Afflictions of a Friend || C. M. || 4 || 8 || Now let my cares all buried lie || 1702 | ||
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| 27 || The Comforts of a Friend || C. M. || 4 || 8 || [[Thus nature tuned her mournful tongue]] || | | 27 || The Comforts of a Friend || C. M. || 4 || 8 || [[Thus nature tuned her mournful tongue]] || | ||
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| 28 || The Hardy Soldier || L. M. || 4 || 6 || Why is man so thoughtless grown || | | 28 || The Hardy Soldier || L. M. || 4 || 6 || Why is man so thoughtless grown || | ||
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| 29 || Burning Several Poems || | | 29 || Burning Several Poems || || || 3 || I judge the muse of lewd desire || | ||
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| 30 || Against Tears || L. M. || 4 || 7 || Madam, persuade me tears are good || 1699 | | 30 || Against Tears || L. M. || 4 || 7 || Madam, persuade me tears are good || 1699 | ||
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| 32 || To David Polhill, Esq. || 888. || 3 || 8 || Let useless souls to woods retreat || December 1702 | | 32 || To David Polhill, Esq. || 888. || 3 || 8 || Let useless souls to woods retreat || December 1702 | ||
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| 33 || The Celebrated Victory || | | 33 || The Celebrated Victory || || || 19 || Gador, the wealthy and the strong || | ||
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| 34 || The Indian Philosopher || 886. 886. || 6 || 10 || Why should our joys transform to pain || August 24, 1705 | | 34 || The Indian Philosopher || 886. 886. || 6 || 10 || Why should our joys transform to pain || August 24, 1705 | ||
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| 35 || The Happy Man || | | 35 || The Happy Man || || || 6 || Serene as light is Myron's soul || | ||
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| 36 || Answer To An Infamous Satire, Part 1 || | | 36 || Answer To An Infamous Satire, Part 1 || || || 5 || And must the hero that redeemed our land || | ||
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| 37 || Answer To An Infamous Satire, Part 2 || | | 37 || Answer To An Infamous Satire, Part 2 || || || 2 || Now, muse, pursue the satirist again || | ||
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| 38 || To the Discontented and Unquiet || | | 38 || To the Discontented and Unquiet || || || 5 || Varia, there's nothing here that's free || | ||
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| 39 || To John Hartopp, Esq. || 886. 886. || 6 || 6 || Live, my dear Hartopp, live today || | | 39 || To John Hartopp, Esq. || 886. 886. || 6 || 6 || Live, my dear Hartopp, live today || | ||
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| 40 || Happy Solitude || | | 40 || Happy Solitude || || || 6 || The noisy world complains of me || | ||
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| 41 || The Disdain || | | 41 || The Disdain || || || 2 || Hartopp, I love the soul that dares || | ||
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| 42 || The Mourning Piece || | | 42 || The Mourning Piece || || || 22 || Life's a long tragedy; this globe the stage || | ||
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| 43 || On the Death of the Duke of Gloucester || | | 43 || On the Death of the Duke of Gloucester || || || 1 || Dryden is dead! Dryden alone could sing || | ||
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| 44 || An Epigram of Martial to Cirinus || | | 44 || An Epigram of Martial to Cirinus || || || 2 || So smooth your numbers, friend || | ||
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| 45 || Epistola Fratri Suo Dilecto || | | 45 || Epistola Fratri Suo Dilecto || || || 5 || Qui quondam aeterno delapsus ab aethere vultus || | ||
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| 46 || Fratris E. W. Olim Navigaturo || | | 46 || Fratris E. W. Olim Navigaturo || || || 2 || I, Felix, pede prospero || Sept. 30, 1691 | ||
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| 47 || Ad Rev. Vir. Dm. Joannem Pinhorne || | | 47 || Ad Rev. Vir. Dm. Joannem Pinhorne || || || 5 || Et te, Pinhorni, musa trisantica || 1694 | ||
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| 48 || Ad Vir. Dignissimum Johannem Hartoppium || | | 48 || Ad Vir. Dignissimum Johannem Hartoppium || || || 7 || Hartoppi eximio stemmate nobilis || 1702 | ||
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| 49 || On the Sight of Some of Her Divine Poems || | | 49 || On the Sight of Some of Her Divine Poems || || || 2 || On the fair banks of gentle Thames || July 19, 1706 | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:22, 16 November 2021
General Information
This is a list of poems in Horae Lyricae (Lyric Poems) written by Isaac Watts in 1705 and thereafter. Text pages should be created for these poems as they are needed in Works Pages.
In the table below, a blank for Meter or Lines signifies that the meter or number of lines per stanza is irregular. The numbering in column one is not in the original, but has been added to maintain the sequence in the original publication.
Publication date and place: 1705 in London.
1. Poems in Book 1
No. | Title | Meter | Lines | Stanzas | First Line |
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1 | Worshipping With Fear | C. M. | 4 | 9 | Who dares attempt the eternal name |
2 | Asking Leave to Sing | C. M. | 4 | 5 | Yet, mighty God, indulge my tongue |
3 | Divine Judgments | 9 | 6 | Not from the dust my sorrows spring | |
4 | Earth and Heaven | 12 | 4 | Hast thou not seen, impatient boy | |
5 | Felicity Above | C. M. | 4 | 5 | No, 'tis in vain to seek for bliss |
6 | God's Dominion and Decrees | C. M. | 4 | 12 | Keep silence, all created things |
7 | Self-Consecration | 886. 8886. | 7 | 5 | It grieves me, Lord, it grieves me sore |
8 | The Creator and Creatures | L. M. | 4 | 8 | God is a name my soul adores |
9 | The Nativity of Christ | C. M. | 4 | 8 | Shepherds, rejoice! lift up your eyes |
10 | God Glorious and Sinners Saved | C. M. | 4 | 9 | Father, how wide Thy glory shines |
11 | The Humble Inquiry | 10.10.10. | 3 | 6 | Grace rules below, and sits enthroned above |
12 | The Penitent Pardoned | L. M. | 4 | 8 | Hence from my soul, my sins, depart |
13 | A Hymn of Praise, Part 1 | L. M. | 4 | 8 | Infinite God! Thy counsels stand |
14 | A Hymn of Praise, Part 2 | L. M. | 4 | 10 | Assume, my tongue, a nobler strain |
15 | The Incomprehensible | 6 | 4 | Far in the heavens my God retires | |
16 | Death and Eternity | C. M. | 4 | 9 | My thoughts, that often mount the skies |
17 | A Sight of Heaven in Sickness | C. M. | 4 | 9 | Oft have I sat in secret sighs |
18 | The Universal Hallelujah (Psalm 148) | C. M. | 4 | 14 | Praise ye the Lord with joyful tongue |
19 | The Atheist's Mistake | C. M. | 4 | 9 | Laugh, ye profane, and swell and burst |
20 | The Law Given At Sinai | 12 | 11 | Arm thee with thunder, heavenly muse | |
21 | Remember Your Creator (Ecclesiastes 7) | C. M. | 4 | 10 | Children, to your Creator, God |
22 | Sun, Moon, and Stars, Praise Ye the Lord | L. M. | 4 | 9 | Fairest of all the lights above |
23 | The Welcome Messenger | C. M. | 4 | 8 | Lord, when we see a saint of Thine |
24 | Sincere Praise | S. M. | 4 | 11 | Almighty Maker, God |
25 | True Learning | 10 | Happy the feet that shining truth has led | ||
26 | True Wisdom | 11 | Pronounce him blest, my muse, whom wisdom guides | ||
27 | A Song To Creating Wisdom | C. M. | 4 | 18 | Eternal wisdom, thee we praise |
28 | God's Absolute Dominion | 4 | Lord, when my thoughtful soul surveys | ||
29 | Condescending Grace (Psalm 114) | C. M. | 4 | 6 | When the Eternal bows the skies |
30 | The Infinite | C. M. | 4 | 7 | Some seraph, lend your heavenly tongue |
31 | Confession and Pardon | S. M. | 4 | 17 | Alas, my aching heart |
32 | Young Men and Maidens (Psalm 148:12) | 4 | Sons of Adam, bold and young | ||
33 | Flying Fowl and Creeping Things (Psalm 148:10) | 3 | Sweet flocks, whose soft enameled wing | ||
34 | The Comparison and Complaint | C. M. | 4 | 10 | Infinite power, eternal Lord |
35 | God Supreme and Self-Sufficient | L. M. | 4 | 6 | What is our God, or what his name |
36 | Jesus the Only Savior | L. M. | 4 | 13 | Adam, our father and our head |
37 | Looking Upward | S. M. | 4 | 5 | The heavens invite mine eye |
38 | Christ Dying, Rising, and Reigning | L. M. | 4 | 6 | He dies! The heavenly lover dies |
39 | The God of Thunder | L. M. | 4 | 6 | O the immense, the amazing height |
40 | The Day of Judgment | 10 10. 10 6. | 4 | 9 | When the fierce north wind with his airy forces |
41 | The Song of Angels Above | C. M. | 4 | 22 | Earth has detained me prisoner long |
42 | Fire, Air, Earth, and Sea | 5 | Earth, thou great footstool of our God | ||
43 | The Farewell | L. M. | 4 | 5 | Dead be my heart to all below |
44 | God Only Known to Himself | L. M. | 4 | 6 | Stand and adore! How glorious he |
45 | Pardon and Sanctification | C. M. | 4 | 7 | My crimes awake; and hideous fear |
46 | Sovereignty and Grace | C. M. | 4 | 7 | The Lord! how fearful is His name |
47 | The Law and Gospel | L. M. | 4 | 6 | Cursed be the man, forever cursed |
48 | Seeking a Divine Calm in a Restless World | 886. 886. | 6 | 4 | Eternal mind, who rules the fates |
49 | Happy Frailty | C. M. | 4 | 12 | How meanly dwells the immortal mind |
50 | Launching Into Eternity | 23 | 1 | It was a brave attempt! Adventurous he | |
51 | A Prospect of the Resurrection | C. M. | 4 | 9 | How long shall death, the tyrant, reign |
52 | Ad Dominum nostrum et Servatorem, Jesum Christum (Nov. 1694) | 10 10. 8 10. | 4 | 21 | Te, grande numen, corporis incola |
53 | Sui - Ipsius Increpatio | 14 | 1 | Corpora cur haeres, Wattsi? Cur incola terrae | |
54 | Excitatio Cordis Caelum Versus (1694) | 10 10. 10 6. | 4 | 4 | Heu quod secla terris carcere corporis |
55 | Breathing Towards the Heavenly Country | 2 | The beauty of my native land | ||
56 | Casimiri Epigramma 100 | 8 | 1 | Ardalio sacros deridet carmine ritus | |
57 | On Saint Ardalio | 10 10 10. | 3 | 5 | Ardalio jeers, and in his comic strains |
58 | When the Protestant Church at Montpelier Was Demolished | 11 | 1 | A Hugonot church, once at Montpelier built | |
59 | The Answer | 11 | 1 | A Christian church, once at Montpelier stood | |
60 | Two Happy Rivals, Devotion and the Muse | Wild as the lightning, various as the moon | |||
61 | The Hazard of Loving the Creatures | C. M. | 4 | 6 | Where-e'er my flattering passions rove |
62 | Desiring to Love Christ | L. M. | 4 | 7 | Come, let me love: or is my mind |
63 | The Heart Given Away | C. M. | 4 | 7 | If there aare passions in my soul |
64 | Meditation in a Grove | C. M. | 4 | 7 | Sweet muse, descend and bless the shade |
65 | The Fairest and the Only Beloved | 886. 8886. | 7 | 6 | Honor to that diviner ray |
66 | Mutual Love Stronger Than Death | 886. 8886. | 7 | 3 | Not the rich world of mines above |
67 | A Sight of Christ (By Mr. W. Nokes) | 7 | Angels of light, your God and King surround | ||
68 | Love On a Cross and a Throne | L. M. | 4 | 6 | Now let my faith grow strong, and rise |
69 | A Preparatory Thought For the Lord's Supper (Isaiah 63:1-3) | L. M. | 4 | 6 | What heavenly man, or lovely God |
70 | Converse With Christ | 886. 8886. | 7 | 8 | I'm tired with visits, modes, and forms |
71 | Grace Shining, and Nature Fainting (Song 1:3, 2:5, 6:5) | 9 | 8 | Tell me, fairest of thy kind | |
72 | Love to Christ, Present or Absent | L. M. | 4 | 8 | Of all the joys we mortals know |
73 | The Absence of Christ | C. M. | 4 | 7 | Come, lead me to some lofty shade |
74 | Desiring His Descent to Earth | L. M. | 4 | 6 | Jesus I love, come dearest name |
75 | Ascending to Him in Heaven | C. M. | 4 | 6 | Tis pure delight without alloy |
76 | The Presence of God Worth Dying For | C. M. | 4 | 8 | Lord, tis an infinite delight |
77 | Longing for His Return | C. M. | 4 | 5 | O twas a mournful parting day |
78 | Hope in Darkness (1694) | 4 | Yet, gracious God | ||
79 | Come, Lord Jesus | C. M. | 4 | 12 | When shall Thy lovely face be seen |
80 | Bewailing My Own Inconstancy | L. M. | 4 | 10 | I love the Lord, but ah, how far |
81 | Forsaken, Yet Hoping | L. M. | 4 | 8 | Happy the hours, the golden days |
82 | God Exalted Above All Praise | L. M. | 4 | 6 | Eternal power! Whose high abode |
2. Poems in Book 2
No. | Title | Meter | Lines | Stanzas | First Line | Dated |
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1 | To Her Majesty | 6 | Queen of the northern world, whose gentle sway | August 1, 1721 | ||
2 | Palinodia | 2 | Britons, forgive the forward muse | August 1, 1721 | ||
3 | To John Locke, Esq. | 2 | Angels are made of heavenly things | |||
4 | To John Shute, Esq. | 886. 8886. | 7 | 3 | And must the man of wondrous mind | June, 1704 |
5 | Friendship | C. M. | 4 | 5 | Friendship, thou charmer of the mind | 1702 |
6 | To Nathaniel Gould, Esq. | 3 | Tis not by splendor, but by state | 1704 | ||
7 | The Life of Souls | 86. 86. 86. 8886. | 8 | 5 | Swift as the sun revolves the day | 1704 |
8 | False Greatness | 88. 88. 88. 8686. | 8 | 3 | Mylo, forbear to call him blessed | |
9 | To Sarissa | 5 | Bear up, Sarissa, through the ruffling storms | |||
10 | Paradise | 6 | Young as I am, I quit the stage | 1708 | ||
11 | Strict Religion Very Rare | 886. 8886 | 7 | 6 | I'm borne aloft, and leave the crowd | |
12 | To Mr. C. and S. Fleetwood | 4 | Fleetwoods, young generous pair | |||
13 | To William Blackbourn, Esq. | 10 10. 10 10. | 4 | 6 | Mark how it snows! How fast the valley fills | |
14 | True Monarchy | 7 | The rising year beheld the imperious Gaul | |||
15 | True Courage | 7 | Honor demands my song. Forget the ground | |||
16 | Free Philosophy | 3 | Custom, that tyraness of fools | |||
17 | The Way of the Multitude | 4 | Rowe, if we make the crowd our guide | |||
18 | To The Rev. Mr. John Howe | 3 | Great man, permit the muse to climb | 1704 | ||
19 | The Disappointment and Relief | 3 | Virtue, permit my fancy to impose | |||
20 | The Hero's School of Morality | 3 | Theron, among his travels, found | |||
21 | Freedom | 3 | Tempt me no more; my soul can ne'er comport | 1697 | ||
22 | On Mr. Locke's Annotations | 4 | Thus reason learns, by slow degrees | |||
23 | True Riches | 77. 77. 77. 77. | 8 | 6 | I am not concerned to know | |
24 | The Adventurous Muse | 6 | Urania takes her morning flight | |||
25 | The Complaint | 886. 886. | 6 | 8 | Twas in a vale, where osiers grow | |
26 | The Afflictions of a Friend | C. M. | 4 | 8 | Now let my cares all buried lie | 1702 |
27 | The Comforts of a Friend | C. M. | 4 | 8 | Thus nature tuned her mournful tongue | |
28 | The Hardy Soldier | L. M. | 4 | 6 | Why is man so thoughtless grown | |
29 | Burning Several Poems | 3 | I judge the muse of lewd desire | |||
30 | Against Tears | L. M. | 4 | 7 | Madam, persuade me tears are good | 1699 |
31 | Few Happy Matches | 886. 886. | 6 | 9 | Say, mighty love, and teach my song | August 1701 |
32 | To David Polhill, Esq. | 888. | 3 | 8 | Let useless souls to woods retreat | December 1702 |
33 | The Celebrated Victory | 19 | Gador, the wealthy and the strong | |||
34 | The Indian Philosopher | 886. 886. | 6 | 10 | Why should our joys transform to pain | August 24, 1705 |
35 | The Happy Man | 6 | Serene as light is Myron's soul | |||
36 | Answer To An Infamous Satire, Part 1 | 5 | And must the hero that redeemed our land | |||
37 | Answer To An Infamous Satire, Part 2 | 2 | Now, muse, pursue the satirist again | |||
38 | To the Discontented and Unquiet | 5 | Varia, there's nothing here that's free | |||
39 | To John Hartopp, Esq. | 886. 886. | 6 | 6 | Live, my dear Hartopp, live today | |
40 | Happy Solitude | 6 | The noisy world complains of me | |||
41 | The Disdain | 2 | Hartopp, I love the soul that dares | |||
42 | The Mourning Piece | 22 | Life's a long tragedy; this globe the stage | |||
43 | On the Death of the Duke of Gloucester | 1 | Dryden is dead! Dryden alone could sing | |||
44 | An Epigram of Martial to Cirinus | 2 | So smooth your numbers, friend | |||
45 | Epistola Fratri Suo Dilecto | 5 | Qui quondam aeterno delapsus ab aethere vultus | |||
46 | Fratris E. W. Olim Navigaturo | 2 | I, Felix, pede prospero | Sept. 30, 1691 | ||
47 | Ad Rev. Vir. Dm. Joannem Pinhorne | 5 | Et te, Pinhorni, musa trisantica | 1694 | ||
48 | Ad Vir. Dignissimum Johannem Hartoppium | 7 | Hartoppi eximio stemmate nobilis | 1702 | ||
49 | On the Sight of Some of Her Divine Poems | 2 | On the fair banks of gentle Thames | July 19, 1706 |
3. Poems in Book 3
No. | Title | Meter | Lines | Stanzas | First Line | Subtitle |
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1 | An Epitaph on King William III | L. M. | 4 | 12 | Beneath these honors of a tomb | Died March 8, 1701 |
2 | On the Sudden Death of Mrs. Mary Peacock | L. M. | 4 | 8 | Hark! She bids all her friends adieu | |
3 | Epitaphium Vir. Venerabilis Dom. N. Mather | 2 | Quod mori potuit hic subtus depositum est | Rev. admodum viri Nathanielis Matheri | ||
4 | An Elegiac Thought | 8 | Awake, my muse, range the wide world of souls | On Mrs. Anne Warner | ||
5 | On the Death of an Aged and Honored Relative | 6 | I knew the kindred mind. 'Tis she, 'tis she | Mrs. M. W.; July 13, 1693 | ||
6 | A Funeral Poem | 30 | Of blasted hopes, and of short withering joys | On the death of Thomas Gunston | ||
7 | To the Memory of the Rev. Mr. Thomas Gouge | 16 | Ye virgin souls, whose sweet complaint |