Isaac Watts Quotes - Page 4
Song: Joy To The World
Isaac Watts (1832). “An Arrangement of the Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts”, p.64
Let dogs delight to bark and bite, for God hath made them so.
'Against Quarrelling' from 'Divine Songs for Children' (1715)
I would not change my native landFor rich Peru with all her gold
Isaac Watts (1855). “Dr. Watts's Divine and Moral Songs, etc”, p.4
Isaac Watts (1802). “The Poetical Works of Isaac Watts, D.D. With the Life of the Author ... Embellished with Superb Engravings”, p.60
Isaac Watts, Philip Doddridge, David JENNINGS (1819). “The Improvement of the Mind ... By Isaac Watts, D.D. Also His Posthumous Works Published from His Manuscripts by D. Jennings, D.D. and P. Doddridge”, p.21
Isaac Watts (1867). “The Penny Watts's Hymns ... Selected and Abridged from Dr. Watts's Hymns”, p.94
Affect not little shifts and subterfuges to avoid the force of an argument.
Isaac Watts (1743). “The Improvement of the Mind”, p.155
Isaac Watts (1821). “The Beauties of the Late Rev. Dr. Isaac Watts”, p.68
I have been there, and still would go; 'T is like a little heaven below.
Isaac Watts, John Rippon (1840). “Dr. Watts' Psalms and hymns with Dr. Rippon's selection: containing all the additional hymns : with copious indices, including an index of the first line of each verse of Psalms and hymns”
I love the soul that dares tread the temptations of his years beneath his youthful feet.
Isaac Watts (1813). “The Works of the Rev. Isaac Watts D.D. in Nine Volumes”, p.282
Isaac Watts (1867). “Divine & moral songs for children”, p.32
What's amiss I'll strive to mend,And endure what can't be mended.
'Good Resolution'
Isaac Watts, David Jennings, Philip Doddridge (1810). “The Works of the Reverend and Learned Isaac Watts, 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”, p.404
Isaac Watts (1821). “An arrangement of the Psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts”, p.419
Death, like an overflowing stream, Sweeps us away: our life's a dream.
Isaac Watts (1832). “An Arrangement of the Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts”, p.149
John Scott (of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.), Isaac Watts (1839). “Dr. Watts' Divine and moral songs, improved, and rendered suitable for persons of both sexes, and of all ages. By J. Scott”, p.74