More by Isaac Watts
But, children, you should never let
Such angry passions rise;
Your little hands were never made
To tear each other's eyes.
Divine Songs Attempted in the Easy Language of Children (1715)
Let me be dressed fine as I will,
Flies, worms, and flowers, exceed me still.
Divine Songs Attempted in the Easy Language of Children (1715)
I have been there, and still would go;
'T is like a little heaven below.
Divine Songs Attempted in the Easy Language of Children (1715)
Birds in their little nests agree;
And 'tis a shameful sight,
When children of one family
Fall out, and chide, and fight.
Divine Songs Attempted in the Easy Language of Children (1715)
The tall, the wise, the reverend head,
Must be as low as ours.
I would not change my native land
For rich Peru with all her gold.
A nobler prize lies in my hand
Than East or Western Indies hold.
Divine Songs Attempted in the Easy Language of Children (1715)
Hush! my dear, lie still and slumber,
Holy angels guard thy bed!
Heavenly blessings without number
Gently falling on thy head.
Divine Songs Attempted in the Easy Language of Children (1715)
Reason is the glory of human nature, and one of the chief eminences whereby we are raised above our fellow-creatures, the brutes, in this lower world.
Logic: or The Right Use of Reason in the Inquiry after Truth (1724)
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