Английская поэзия


Главная • Биографии • Стихи по темам • Случайное стихотворение • Переводчики • Ссылки • Антологии
Рейтинг поэтов • Рейтинг стихотворений

Isaac Watts (Исаак Уоттс)


Hymn 90 (How sad our state by nature is!)


Faith in Christ for pardon and sanctification.

How sad our state by nature is!
Our sin, how deep it stains!
And Satan binds our captive minds
Fast in his slavish chains.

But there's a voice of sovereign grace
Sounds from the sacred word:
"Ho! ye despairing sinners, come,
And trust upon the Lord."

My soul obeys th' almighty call,
And runs to this relief;
I would believe thy promise, Lord;
O help my unbelief!

[To the dear fountain of thy blood,
Incarnate God, I fly;
Here let me wash my spotted soul
From crimes of deepest dye.

Stretch out thine arm, victorious King
My reigning sins subdue;
Drive the old dragon from his seat,
With all his hellish crew.]

A guilty, weak, and helpless worm,
On thy kind arms I fall;
Be thou my strength and righteousness,
My Jesus, and my all.



Isaac Watts's other poems:
  1. Psalm 136 (Give thanks to God most high)
  2. Hymn 52 (Death! 'Tis a melancholy day)
  3. Psalm 34. Part 1 (Lord, I will bless thee all my days)
  4. Hymn 74 (We are a garden walled around)
  5. Psalm 46. Part 1 (God is the refuge of his saints)


Распечатать стихотворение. Poem to print Распечатать (To print)

Количество обращений к стихотворению: 1710


Последние стихотворения


To English version



Английская поэзия