Religion

Hymn II.116: Mercies and thanks

by Isaac Watts 1674–1748

From Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book II (1707)

Religion

How can I sink with such a prop
As my eternal God,
Who bears the earth's huge pillars up,
And spreads the heav'ns abroad?

How can I die while Jesus lives,
Who rose and left the dead?
Pardon and grace my soul receives
From mine exalted Head.

All that I am, and all I have,
Shall be for ever thine;
Whate'er my duty bids me give
My cheerful hands resign.

Yet if I might make some reserve,
And duty did not call,
I love my God with zeal so great
That I should give him all.

MLA

Watts, Isaac. “Hymn II.116: Mercies and thanks.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/watts/621/.

Chicago

Watts, Isaac. “Hymn II.116: Mercies and thanks.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/watts/621/.

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