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I send the joys of earth away

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Hymnal: The Psalms and Hymns, with the Doctrinal Standards and Liturgy of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in North America #H299 (1860)

Hymnal: The Hartford Selection of Hymns #CCXCVIII (1802) Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: I send the joys of earth away Lyrics: 1 I send the joys of earth away, Away, ye tempters of the mind, False as the smooth, deceitful sea, And empty as the whistling wind. 2 Your streams were floating me along Down to the gulph of black despair; And whilst I listen'd to your song, Your streams had e'en convey'd me there. 3 Lord, I adore thy matchless grace, That warn'd me of that dark abyss, That drew me from those treach'rous seas And bid me seek superior bliss. 4 Now to the shining realms above, I stretch my hands and glance my eyes; O for the pinions of a dove, To bear me to the upper skies! 5 There, from the bosom of my God, Oceans of endless pleasure roll; There would I fix my last abode, And drown the sorrows of my soul. Topics: World Parting with Languages: English