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Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.

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Isaac Watts
Age: 74 †
Born: 1674
Born: July 17
Died: 1748
Died: November 25
Hymnwriter
Philosopher
Poet
Theologian
Writer
Southampton
Hampshire
Isaac Watts
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What's amiss I'll strive to mend,And endure what can't be mended.
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To prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.
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thanks to my friends for their care in my breeding, Who taught me betimes to love working and reading.
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To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, Three in One, Be honour, praise, and glory given By all on earth, and all in heaven.
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Satirists do expose their own ill nature.
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I would not change my blest estate for all the world calls good or great.
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For sov'reign pow'r reign not alone, Grace is the partner of the throne Thy grace and justice mighty Lord, Shall well divide our last reward.
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There's no repentance in the grave.
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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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Do not be deceived happiness and enjoyment do not lie in wicked ways.
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Do not hover always on the surface of things, nor take up suddenly with mere appearances but penetrate into the depth of matters, as far as your time and circumstances allow, especially in those things which relate to your profession.
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Forbid it Lord that I should boast, save in the death of Christ, my God: All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood.
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Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I, To mourn, and murmur and repine, To see the wicked placed on high, In pride and robes of honor shine. But oh, their end, their dreadful end, Thy sanctuary taught me so, On slipp'ry rocks I see them stand, And fiery billows roll below.
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There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain.
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Acquire a government over your ideas, that they may come down when they are called, and depart when they are bidden.
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No science is speedily learned by the noblest genius without tuition.
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In works of labour or of skillI would be busy too:For Satan finds some mischief stillFor idle hands to do.
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From all who dwell below the skiesLet the Creator's praise ariseLet the Redeemer's name be sungThrough every land, by every tongue.
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Not all the blood of beasts On Jewish altars slain, Could give the guilty conscience peace, Or wash away the stain: But Christ, the heav'nly Lamb, Takes all our sins away, A sacrifice of nobler nam' And richer blood than they.
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