I send the joys of earth away

General information

I send the joys of earth away is Hymn 11 from Book 2 of Isaac Watts' Hymns and Spiritual Songs.

Settings by composers

• Thomas Clark — I send the joys of earth away  SATB
• Oliver Holden — Paradise  SATB
• Stephen Jenks — Canaan  SATB
• Daniel Read — Newport  SATB
• W. J. White — I send the joys of earth away  SATB 

Text and translations

English text I send the joys of earth away, Away, ye tempters of the mind; False as the smooth deceitful sea, And empty as the whistling wind. Your streams were floating me along Down to the gulph of black despair; And whilst I listen'd to your song, Your streams had e'en convey'd me there. Lord, I adore thy matchless grace, That warn'd me of that dark abyss, That drew me from those treach'rous seas, And bid me seek superior bliss. Now to the shining realms above I stretch my hands, and glance mine eyes; O for the pinions of a dove, To bear me to the upper skies! There from the bosom of my God Oceans of endless pleasure roll; There would I fix my last abode, And drown the sorrows of my soul.

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