Horae Lyricae (Isaac Watts): Difference between revisions

From ChoralWiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(Added several links)
(Added link to P27 B1)
Line 65: Line 65:
|  26  || True Wisdom ||  ||  || 11 || Pronounce him blest, my muse, whom wisdom guides
|  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
|  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
|  28  || God's Absolute Dominion ||  ||  || 4 || Lord, when my thoughtful soul surveys

Revision as of 15:55, 18 September 2015

General Information

This is a list of poems in Horae Lyricae 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.

Poems in Book 1

No. Title Meter Lines Stanzas First Line
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