Dr. Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David ‎#317a

317a. Happy the city, where their sons

1 Happy the city where their sons,
Like pillars round a palace set,
And daughters, bright as polish'd stones,
Give strength and beauty to the state.

2 Happy the country where the sheep,
Cattle, and corn, have large increase;
Where men securely work or sleep,
Nor sons of plunder break their peace.

3 Happy the nation thus endow'd;
But more divinely blest are those
On whom the all-sufficient God
Himself with all his grace bestows.

Text Information

• First Line: Happy the city, where their sons
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1790
• Scripture:
  Psalm 144:12-15
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Part 3

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