Death and Eternity

Stoop down, my thoughts, that use to rise

Author: Isaac Watts
Tune: HAGUE (Holyoke)
Published in 119 hymnals

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1 Stoop down, my thoughts, that us'd to rise,
Converse a while with death;
Think how a gasping mortal lies,
And pants away his breath.

2 His quivering lip hangs feebly down,
His pulses faint and few,
Then, speechless, with a doleful groan
He bids the world adieu.

3 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.

4 Up to the courts where angels dwell,
It mounts triumphing there;
Or devils plunge it down to hell
In infinite despair.

5 And must my body faint and die?
And must this soul remove?
O for some guardian angel nigh,
To bear it safe above!

6 Jesus, to thy dear faithful hand
My naked soul I trust,
And my flesh waits for thy command
To drop into my dust.

Source: Hymns, Selected and Original: for public and private worship (1st ed.) #247

Author: Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts was the son of a schoolmaster, and was born in Southampton, July 17, 1674. He is said to have shown remarkable precocity in childhood, beginning the study of Latin, in his fourth year, and writing respectable verses at the age of seven. At the age of sixteen, he went to London to study in the Academy of the Rev. Thomas Rowe, an Independent minister. In 1698, he became assistant minister of the Independent Church, Berry St., London. In 1702, he became pastor. In 1712, he accepted an invitation to visit Sir Thomas Abney, at his residence of Abney Park, and at Sir Thomas' pressing request, made it his home for the remainder of his life. It was a residence most favourable for his health, and for the prosecution of his literary… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Stoop down, my thoughts, that use to rise
Title: Death and Eternity
Author: Isaac Watts
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Harmonia Americana: containing a concise introduction to the grounds of music; with a variety of airs, suitable fore divine worship and the use of musical societies; consisting of three and four parts #80a
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Instances (101 - 119 of 119)

The National Psalmist #d172

The Primitive Hymns #d521

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The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #664

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The Psalms and Hymns, with the Catechism, Confession of Faith, and Liturgy, of the Reformed Dutch Church in North America #125

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The Psalms and Hymns, with the Doctrinal Standards and Liturgy of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in North America #H712

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The Psalms and Hymns #125

The Psalms of David ... New ed. #d201

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The Psalms of David #II.XXVIII

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The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. #B28

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The Reformed Methodist Pocket Hymnal #II.143

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The Religious Songster #18

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The Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book #306c

The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. #d965

The Social Harp #d278

The Social Harp. Rev. #d335

The South Western Psalmist #d357

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The Vestry Singing Book #55b

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The Vocal Companion #80

Zion's Hymns, for the Use of the Original Free-Will Baptist Church of North Carolina #d232

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