Isaac Watts
Isaac Watts
Isaac Wattswas an English Christian minister, hymnwriter, theologian and logician. A prolific and popular hymn writer, his work was part of evangelization. He was recognized as the "Father of English Hymnody", credited with some 750 hymns. Many of his hymns remain in use today and have been translated into numerous languages...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth17 July 1674
feet years soul
I love the soul that dares tread the temptations of his years beneath his youthful feet.
ignorance stupidity acquaintance
Acquaint yourself with your own ignorance.
kings heart joy
Joy to the world, the Lord is come / Let earth receive her King / Let every heart, prepare him room / And heaven and nature sing.
home should streets
Whatever brawls disturb the street, There should be peace at home.
imagination mind may
Study detains the mind by the perpetual occurrence of something new, which may gratefully strike the imagination.
two mind three
When two or three sciences are pursued at the same time if one of them be dry, as logic, let another be more entertaining, to secure the mind from weariness.
satire ill satirist
Satirists do expose their own ill nature.
flower sacrifice bud
A flower, when offered in the bud, is no vain sacrifice.
opinion sunbeams positiveness
Every one of his opinions appears to himself to be written with sunbeams.
gold rich peru
I would not change my native landFor rich Peru with all her gold
pain fire darkness
There is a dreadful Hell, And everlasting pains; There sinners must with devils dwell In darkness, fire, and chains.
blessing sorrow thorns
No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make His blessings flow Far as the curse is found.
science genius tuition
No science is speedily learned by the noblest genius without tuition.
easter love-is tree
Was it for crimes that I had done He groaned upon the tree? Amazing pity! Grace unknown! And love beyond degree!