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Isaac Watts
(1674 - 1748 / Southampton / England)
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Isaac Watts Born in Southampton, Watts was brought up in the home of a committed Nonconformist — his father, also Isaac Watts, had been incarcerated twice for his controversial views. At King Edward VI School (where one of the houses is now named "Watts" in his honour), he learned Latin, Greek and Hebrew. more >>
 
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''For Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.''
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Isaac Watts (1674-1748), British hymn-writer. Against Idleness and Mischief, st. 3, Divine Songs for Children (1715). A similar thought was expres...
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''Death, like an overflowing stream,
Sweeps us away: our life's a dream,...''
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Isaac Watts (1674-1748), British hymn-writer. Published in The Sacred Harp (1991). "Death, like an overflowing stream," l. 1-2 (1709).
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Jean LeBlanc (12/29/2009 12:25:00 PM)
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I like Isaac Watts´poems because they have rhyme, which makes them fun to read, and yet they convey messages that make you think about the path you are taking in life. Is it to everlasting life, or eternal destruction?
Vikram Aarella - The Poem Shooter (6/1/2006 2:59:00 PM)
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It's really astonishing that Watts has written so may good poems,

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