Great poems

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Hymn 151

© Isaac Watts

'Twas by an order from the Lord
The ancient prophets spoke his word;
His Spirit did their tongues inspire,
And warmed their hearts with heav'nly fire.

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Hymn 150

© Isaac Watts

Join all the glorious names
Of wisdom, love, and power,
That ever mortals knew,
That angels ever bore:
All are too mean to speak his worth,
Too mean to set my Savior forth.

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Hymn 15

© Isaac Watts

Let me but hear my Savior say,
"Strength shall be equal to thy day,"
Then I rejoice in deep distress,
Leaning on all-sufficient grace.

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Hymn 149

© Isaac Watts

Join all the names of love and power
That ever men or angels bore,
All are too mean to speak his worth,
Or set lmmannel's glory forth.

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Hymn 148

© Isaac Watts

With cheerful voice I sing
The titles of my Lord,
And borrow all the names
Of honor from his word:
Nature and art can ne'er supply
Sufficient forms of majesty.

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Hymn 144

© Isaac Watts

Why should the children of a King
Go mourning all their days?
Great Comforter! descend and bring
Some tokens of thy grace.

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Hymn 137

© Isaac Watts

Now to the power of God supreme
Be everlasting honors giv'n;
He saves from hell, (we bless his name,)
He calls our wand'ring feet to heav'n.

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Hymn 128

© Isaac Watts

"O preach my gospel," saith the Lord,
"Bid the whole earth my grace receive;
He shall be saved that trusts my word,
He shall be damned that won't believe.

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Hymn 125

© Isaac Watts

With joy we meditate the grace
Of our High Priest above;
His heart is made of tenderness,
His bowels melt with love.

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Hymn 124

© Isaac Watts

Deep in the dust before thy throne
Our guilt and our disgrace we own;
Great God! we own th' unhappy name
Whence sprang our nature and our shame;

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Hymn 12

© Isaac Watts

Jesus, the man of constant grief,
A mourner all his days;
His spirit once rejoiced aloud,
And tuned his joy to praise:

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Hymn 116

© Isaac Watts

Thus saith the first, the great command,
"Let all thy inward powers unite
To love thy Maker and thy God
With utmost vigor and delight.

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Hymn 113

© Isaac Watts

How large the promise, how divine,
To Abram and his seed!
"I'll be a God to thee and thine,
Supplying all their need."

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Hymn 111

© Isaac Watts

[Lord, we confess our num'rous faults,
How great our guilt has been!
Foolish and vain were all our thoughts,
And all our lives were sin.

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Hymn 1

© Isaac Watts

Behold the glories of the Lamb
Amidst his Father's throne;
Prepare new honors for his name,
And songs before unknown.

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Against Scoffing and Calling Names

© Isaac Watts

Our tongues were made to bless the Lord,
And not speak ill of men:
When others give a railing word,
We must not rail again.

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The Sun Weilds Mercy

© Charles Bukowski

and the sun weilds mercy
but like a jet torch carried to high,
and the jets whip across its sight
and rockets leap like toads,

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Be Angry At San Pedro

© Charles Bukowski

I say to my woman, "Jeffers was
a great poet. think of a title
like Be Angry At The Sun. don't you
realize how great that is?

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Working Out

© Charles Bukowski

Van Gogh cut off his ear
gave it to a
prostitute
who flung it away in

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This

© Charles Bukowski

self-congratulatory nonsense as the
famous gather to applaud their seeming
greatness
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