I send the joys of earth away

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General information

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

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