Hymn 1:22 [What Vain Desires, And Passions Vain]

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Title:     Hymn 1:22 [What Vain Desires, And Passions Vain]
Author: Isaac Watts [More Titles by Watts]

Flesh and Spirit. Rom. 8. 1.

What vain desires, and passions vain,
Attend this mortal clay!
Oft have they pierc'd my soul with pain,
And drawn my heart astray.

How have I wander'd from my God,
And following sin and shame
In this vile world of flesh and blood
Defil'd my nobler frame!

For ever blessed be thy grace
That form'd my soul anew,
And made it of an heaven-born race,
Thy glory to pursue.

My spirit holds perpetual war,
And wrestles and complains;
But views the happy moment near
That shall dissolve its chains.

Cheerful in death I close my eyes,
To part with every lust;
And charge my flesh whene'er it rise
To leave them in the dust.

My purer spirit shall not fear
To put this body on:
Its tempting powers no more are there,
Its lusts and passions gone.

[The end]
Isaac Watts's Poem: Hymn 1:22 [What Vain Desires, And Passions Vain]

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