Death & Dying

Hymn II.49: Moses dying in the embraces of God

by Isaac Watts 1674–1748

From Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book II (1707)

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Death cannot make our souls afraid,
If God be with us there;
We may walk through its darkest shade,
And never yield to fear.

I could renounce my all below,
If my Creator bid;
And run, if I were called to go,
And die as Moses did.

Might I but climb to Pisgah's top,
And view the promised land,
My flesh itself should long to drop,
And pray for the command.

Clasped in my heav'nly Father's arms,
I would forget my breath,
And lose my life among the charms
Of so divine a death.

MLA

Watts, Isaac. “Hymn II.49: Moses dying in the embraces of God.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/watts/554/.

Chicago

Watts, Isaac. “Hymn II.49: Moses dying in the embraces of God.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/watts/554/.

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