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==General information== | ==General information== | ||
This is an hymn by [[Isaac Watts]], his Hymn 28 of Book 2, published 1709. | |||
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Stoop down, my thoughts, that use to rise, | |||
Converse awhile with death; | |||
Think how a gasping mortal lies, | |||
And pants away his breath. | |||
His quivering lip hangs feebly down, | |||
{{ | His pulses faint and few; | ||
Then, speechless, with a doleful groan | |||
He bids the world adieu.}} | |||
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But O! the soul that never dies! | |||
At once it leaves the clay! | |||
Ye thoughts, pursue it where it flies, | |||
And track its wondrous way. | |||
Up to the courts where angels dwell, | |||
It mounts triumphant there; | |||
Or devils plunge it down to hell, | |||
In infinite despair.}} | |||
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And must my body faint and die? | |||
And must this soul remove? | |||
O for some guardian angel nigh, | |||
To bear it safe above! | |||
Jesus, to thy dear faithful hand | |||
My naked soul I trust, | |||
And my flesh waits for thy command | |||
To drop into my dust.}} | |||
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''Death and eternity'' by Isaac Watts | |||
==External links == | ==External links == |
Latest revision as of 17:54, 23 March 2024
General information
This is an hymn by Isaac Watts, his Hymn 28 of Book 2, published 1709.
Settings by composers (automated)
- Samuel Babcock — Dissolution English STB
- Daniel Belknap — Dissolution English SATB
- Samuel Holyoke — Hague English STB,SATB
- John Massey — Stoop down, my thoughts, that used to rise English SATB
- Daniel Read — Warren English SATB
- Samuel Wakefield — Funeral English STB
Text and translations
English text Stoop down, my thoughts, that use to rise, |
But O! the soul that never dies! |
And must my body faint and die? |
Death and eternity by Isaac Watts
External links
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