 | 1820 - 526 pages
...gone ; Short as the watch that ends the night? Before the rising sun. 4 Time, like an ever-running stream, Bears all its sons away ; They fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies at the op'ning day. 5 'Tis but a few whose days amount To three score years and ten ; And all beyond that... | |
 | Jeremy Belknap - Bible - 1820 - 534 pages
...gone ; Short as the watch that ends the night, Before the rising sun. 4 Time, like an ever-running stream, Bears all its sons away ; They fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies at the op'ning day. 5 'Tis but a few whose days amount. To three score years and ten ; And all beyond that... | |
 | Jeremy Belknap - History - 1820 - 516 pages
...ev'ning gone; Short as the watch that ends the night* Before the rising sun. 4 Time, like an ever-running stream, Bears all its sons away; They fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies at the op'ning day. Is sorrow, toil, and pain. 6 Then let us learn the heav'nly art, And all beyond that short... | |
 | Charles Burton - Hymns, English - 1820 - 490 pages
...everlasting Thou art Go0, To endless years the same. ; 4 A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like £tn ev'ning gone ; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. ' 5 [The busy tribes of flesh and blood, With all their lives and cares, Are carried downwards by the flood,... | |
 | John Wesley - 1820 - 584 pages
...receiv'd her frame, From everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. 4 A thousand ages, m thy sight, Are like an evening gone ; Short as the watch that ends the nigl Before the rising sun. "> The busy tribes of flesh and blood, With all their cares and fears,... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - Hymns, English - 1821 - 582 pages
...secure ; Sufficient is thine arm alone, From everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. 4 A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone...watch that ends the night. Before the rising sun. 5 The busy tribes of flesh and blood, With all their cares and fears, Are carried downward by the flood.... | |
 | Isaac Watts, Samuel Worcester - Bible - 1821 - 506 pages
...thy throne, Thy saints have dwelt secure; Sufficient is thine arm alone, And our defence is sure. 5 A thousand ages, in thy sight. Are like an evening...watch that ends the night, Before the rising sun. e 7 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away; They fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies... | |
 | Isaac Watts - Hymns - 1821 - 462 pages
...dust, ' Return, ye sons of men :' All nations rose from earth at first, And turn to earth again. 5 A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone;...watch that ends the night, Before the rising sun. 6 [The busy tribes of flesh and blood, With all their lives and cares, Are carried downwards by thy... | |
 | Isaac Watts - Bible - 1821 - 608 pages
...to dust, " Return ye sons of men ;" All nations rose from earth at first. And turn to earth again. 5 A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone...the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. 6 [The busy tribes of flesh and blood, With all their lives and cares, Are carried downward by the... | |
 | Jonathan Peele Dabney - Hymns, English - 1821 - 316 pages
...Pleas'd with the morning light : The flow'rs beneath the mower's hand, Lie with'ring ere 'tis night. 6 O God ! our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come ! Be thou our guard while troubles last, And our eternal home. 242. CM DODDRIDGE. GocPs companion to human frailly. 1 LORD !... | |
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A thousand ages in thy sight are like an evening gone, short as the watch that ends the night before the rising sun. 5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, bears all its sons away; they fly forgotten, as a dream dies at the opening day. 
