Content type: Poem / Poem Theme: God and Grief / sadness / melancholy / Related People: Not attributed

1. All fly the unhappy and I all would fly

First Line:: All fly the unhappy and I all would fly
Last Line:: For sure the soul his wisdom made his power continues still
Author:: Anne Wharton [nee Lee] (Absolute) & Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Speculation)
DMI number:: 3879

2. Alas my aching heart

First Line:: Alas my aching heart
Last Line:: And sounded grace on all their strings
Author:: Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27273

3. Both day and night O God my sighs

First Line:: Both day and night O God my sighs
Last Line:: Hast veiled in endless night
DMI number:: 19425

4. Beneath a reverend gloomy shade

First Line:: Beneath a reverend gloomy shade
Last Line:: One hallelujah more but ever silent lie
Author:: John Norris (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4092

5. Dear sir | from horror's realms lands of umbracious dread

First Line:: Dear sir | from horror's realms lands of umbracious dread
Last Line:: O amice dabit deus his turbis quoque finem
DMI number:: 26176

6. Hear gracious Lord my fervent prayer

First Line:: Hear gracious Lord my fervent prayer
Last Line:: To celebrate thy praise
DMI number:: 26935

7. He only knows my grief whose eyes can dart

First Line:: He only knows my grief whose eyes can dart
Last Line:: We two can only tell and we suffice
DMI number:: 43260

8. How loathes my soul this sorrowful abode

First Line:: How loathes my soul this sorrowful abode
Last Line:: Yet but unquiet rest if Canaan we obtain
DMI number:: 23291

9. How shall I do to fix my doubtful love

First Line:: How shall I do to fix my doubtful love
Last Line:: Can take them off but he who put them on
Author:: Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:: 36221

10. In dead of night when happy mortals take

First Line:: In dead of night when happy mortals take
Last Line:: One comfortable day
DMI number:: 8147

11. In past distress my God was near

First Line:: In past distress my God was near
Last Line:: They have all recourse to arms
DMI number:: 26878

12. In vain the dusky night retires

First Line:: In vain the dusky night retires
Last Line:: A near approach to thee
Author:: Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4053

13. Mourn not this hopeful youth so soon is dead

First Line:: Mourn not this hopeful youth so soon is dead
Last Line:: With those who have endured the heat of the day
DMI number:: 17140

14. My barren soul like this unfruitful tree

First Line:: My barren soul like this unfruitful tree
Last Line:: And speak the wonders of thy fertile care
DMI number:: 36183

15. My prime of youth is but a frost of cares

First Line:: My prime of youth is but a frost of cares
Last Line:: And now I live and now my life is done
DMI number:: 43369

16. I love the Lord he heard my cries

First Line:: I love the Lord he heard my cries
Last Line:: And my remaining years
Author:: Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:: 26872

17. O God my refuge hear my cries

First Line:: O God my refuge hear my cries
Last Line:: Scarce live out half their days
Author:: Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:: 26514

18. O thou whose grace and justice reign

First Line:: O thou whose grace and justice reign
Last Line:: That God will not despise
Author:: Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:: 26883

19. Out of the deep of sad distress

First Line:: Out of the deep of sad distress
Last Line:: From all their guilt and all their cares
DMI number:: 26894

20. Oppressed with sorrow and with sickness faint

First Line:: Oppressed with sorrow and with sickness faint
Last Line:: And a new sun breaks forth in Judah's skies
DMI number:: 32235

21. Silent and lonesome while I lie

First Line:: Silent and lonesome while I lie
Last Line:: And where o death thy sting
DMI number:: 16175

22. See manly grief see tears incessant flow

First Line:: See manly grief see tears incessant flow
Last Line:: And funeral honours paid with drops divine
DMI number:: 36193

23. Thou God for ever blessed

First Line:: Thou God for ever blessed
Last Line:: And save me from the gulf of black despair
DMI number:: 43257

24. Tis done the darling idol I resign

First Line:: Tis done the darling idol I resign
Last Line:: But what derived its gentle source from thee
Author:: Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:: 23531

25. To God I cried with mournful voice

First Line:: To God I cried with mournful voice
Last Line:: Home to the promised land
Author:: Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:: 26581

26. To God I raise my humble cry

First Line:: To God I raise my humble cry
Last Line:: Thy kind indulgence to proclaim
DMI number:: 26934

27. Twas at his house in old Gabaa built

First Line:: Twas at his house in old Gabaa built
Last Line:: And did an angel charm
DMI number:: 11470

28. Up to the hills I lift mine eyes

First Line:: Up to the hills I lift mine eyes
Last Line:: Shall bear thee homeward to thy God
Author:: Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:: 26879

29. Upon the banks which famed Euphrates laves

First Line:: Upon the banks which famed Euphrates laves
Last Line:: And daubs the rugged flints with clotted brains and gore
Author:: Joseph Trapp (Confident)
DMI number:: 6519

30. Who will arise and plead my right

First Line:: Who will arise and plead my right
Last Line:: And cut the sinners off
Author:: Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:: 26859

31. Who would have thought there could have been

First Line:: Who would have thought there could have been
Last Line:: This is my state thy grace is this
DMI number:: 43368

32. With woes overborne abandoned by relief

First Line:: With woes overborne abandoned by relief
Last Line:: And woe's pale eve brought on the thickening shades of night
DMI number:: 33147

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1. All fly the unhappy and I all would fly

2. Alas my aching heart

3. Both day and night O God my sighs

4. Beneath a reverend gloomy shade

5. Dear sir | from horror's realms lands of umbracious dread

6. Hear gracious Lord my fervent prayer

7. He only knows my grief whose eyes can dart

8. How loathes my soul this sorrowful abode

9. How shall I do to fix my doubtful love

10. In dead of night when happy mortals take

11. In past distress my God was near

12. In vain the dusky night retires

13. Mourn not this hopeful youth so soon is dead

14. My barren soul like this unfruitful tree

15. My prime of youth is but a frost of cares

16. I love the Lord he heard my cries

17. O God my refuge hear my cries

18. O thou whose grace and justice reign

19. Out of the deep of sad distress

20. Oppressed with sorrow and with sickness faint

21. Silent and lonesome while I lie

22. See manly grief see tears incessant flow

23. Thou God for ever blessed

24. Tis done the darling idol I resign

25. To God I cried with mournful voice

26. To God I raise my humble cry

27. Twas at his house in old Gabaa built

28. Up to the hills I lift mine eyes

29. Upon the banks which famed Euphrates laves

30. Who will arise and plead my right

31. Who would have thought there could have been

32. With woes overborne abandoned by relief

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1. All fly the unhappy and I all would fly

2. Alas my aching heart

3. Both day and night O God my sighs

4. Beneath a reverend gloomy shade

5. Dear sir | from horror's realms lands of umbracious dread

6. Hear gracious Lord my fervent prayer

7. He only knows my grief whose eyes can dart

8. How loathes my soul this sorrowful abode

9. How shall I do to fix my doubtful love

10. In dead of night when happy mortals take

11. In past distress my God was near

12. In vain the dusky night retires

13. Mourn not this hopeful youth so soon is dead

14. My barren soul like this unfruitful tree

15. My prime of youth is but a frost of cares

16. I love the Lord he heard my cries

17. O God my refuge hear my cries

18. O thou whose grace and justice reign

19. Out of the deep of sad distress

20. Oppressed with sorrow and with sickness faint

21. Silent and lonesome while I lie

22. See manly grief see tears incessant flow

23. Thou God for ever blessed

24. Tis done the darling idol I resign

25. To God I cried with mournful voice

26. To God I raise my humble cry

27. Twas at his house in old Gabaa built

28. Up to the hills I lift mine eyes

29. Upon the banks which famed Euphrates laves

30. Who will arise and plead my right

31. Who would have thought there could have been

32. With woes overborne abandoned by relief