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Must I be carried to the skies on flowery beds of ease, while others fought to win the prize and sailed through bloody seas?

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Isaac Watts
Age: 74 †
Born: 1674
Born: July 17
Died: 1748
Died: November 25
Hymnwriter
Philosopher
Poet
Theologian
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Southampton
Hampshire
Isaac Watts
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