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==General information== | ==General information== | ||
This is an hymn by [[Isaac Watts]], his Hymn 164 of Book 2, entitled ''The end of the world'', published 1709. | |||
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Why should this earth delight us so? | |||
Why should we fix our eyes | |||
On these low grounds where sorrows grow, | |||
And every pleasure dies ? | |||
While time his sharpest teeth prepares | |||
Our comforts to devour, | |||
There is a land above the stars, | |||
And joys above his power. | |||
Nature shall be dissolved and die, | |||
The sun must end his race, | |||
The earth and sea for ever fly | |||
Before my Savior's face. | |||
When will that glorious morning rise? | |||
When the last trumpet sound, | |||
And call the nations to the skies, | |||
From underneath the ground?}}''The end of the world'' by [[Isaac Watts]], 1709 | |||
==External links == | ==External links == |
Revision as of 20:50, 20 April 2015
General information
This is an hymn by Isaac Watts, his Hymn 164 of Book 2, entitled The end of the world, published 1709.
Settings by composers
- Solomon Howe — Spiritual Babylon English SATB
Text and translations
English text Why should this earth delight us so? External linksadd links here |