The Cyber Hymnal ‎#10916

10916. Dead Be My Heart To All Below

1 Dead be my heart to all below,
To mortal joys and mortal cares;
To sensual bliss that charms us so,
Be dark, my eyes, and deaf my ears.

2 Here I renounce my carnal taste
Of the fair fruit that sinners prize:
Their paradise shall never waste
One thought of mine, but to despise.

3 All earthly joys are overweighed
With mountains of vexatious care;
And where’s the sweet that is not laid
A bait to some destructive snare?

4 Be gone for ever, mortal things;
Thou mighty mole-hill, earth, farewell!
Angels aspire on lofty wings,
And leave the globe for ants to dwell.

5 Come, Heav’n, and fill my vast desires,
My soul pursues the sovereign good;
She was all made of heav’nly fires,
Nor can she live on meaner food.

Text Information

• First Line: Dead be my heart to all below
• Title: Dead Be My Heart To All Below
• Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: HAMBURG by Lowell Mason

Tune Information

• Name: ELVEN
• Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
• Arranger: William Dressler
• Meter: LM
• Key: C Major
• Copyright: Public Domain