by Isaac Watts<\/p>\nDo flesh and nature dread to die?
\nAnd timorous thoughts our minds enslave?
\nBut grace can raise our hopes on high,
\nAnd quell the terrors of the grave.\nWhat! Shall we run to gain the crown,
\nYet grieve to think the goal so near?
\nAfraid to have our labours done,
\nAnd finish this important war?\nDo we not dwell in clouds below,
\nAnd little know the good we love?
\nWhy should we like this twilight so,
\nWhen ’tis all noon in worlds above?\nThere shall we see him face to face,
\nThere shall we know the Great unknown,
\nAnd Jesus, with his glorious grace,
\nShines in full light amidst the throne.\nWhen we put off this fleshly load,
\nWe’re from a thousand mischiefs free,
\nFor ever present with our God,
\nWhere we have long’d and wish’d to be.\nNo more shall pride or passion rise,
\nOr envy fret, or malice roar,
\nOr sorrow mourn with down-cast eyes,
\nAnd sin defile our souls no more.\n‘Tis best, ’tis infinitely best,
\nTo go where tempters cannot come,
\nWhere saints and angels ever blest,
\nDwell and enjoy their heavenly home.\nO for a visit from my God,
\nTo drive my fears of death away,
\nAnd help me thro’ this darksome road,
\nTo realms of everlasting day!\n
Isaac Watts, The Works of the Rev. Isaac Watts<\/em>, vol. 1 (Leeds; London: Edward Baines; William Baynes; Thomas Williams and Son; Thomas Hamilton; Josiah Conder, 1812), p. 627, LOGOS Edition.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Isaac Watts Do flesh and nature dread to die? And timorous thoughts our minds enslave? But grace can raise our hopes on high, And quell the terrors of the grave. What! Shall we run to gain the crown, Yet grieve to think the goal so near? 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