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My sorrows, like a flood

Author: Isaac Watts
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My sorrows like a flood
Impatient of restraint,
Into thy bosom, O my God;
Pour out a long complaint.

The Delights of Harmony; or, Norfolk Compiler 1805

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Author: Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts was the son of a schoolmaster, and was born in Southampton, July 17, 1674. He is said to have shown remarkable precocity in childhood, beginning the study of Latin, in his fourth year, and writing respectable verses at the age of seven. At the age of sixteen, he went to London to study in the Academy of the Rev. Thomas Rowe, an Independent minister. In 1698, he became assistant minister of the Independent Church, Berry St., London. In 1702, he became pastor. In 1712, he accepted an invitation to visit Sir Thomas Abney, at his residence of Abney Park, and at Sir Thomas' pressing request, made it his home for the remainder of his life. It was a residence most favourable for his health, and for the prosecution of his literary… Go to person page >

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First Line:	My sorrows, like a flood
Author:	Isaac Watts
Meter:	6.6.8.6
Language:	English

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Pocket Hymns: original and selected. designed for the use of the regular Baptist church, and all who love our Lord Jesus Christ (1867), p.172

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Instances (55)	First Line	Authors	Meter	Languages	Publication Date
A Baptist Hymn Book, Designed Especially for the Regular Baptist Church and All Lovers of Truth #d521	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1844
A Choice Selection of Evangelical Hymns, from various authors: for the use of the English Evangelical Lutheran Church in New York #226	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1806
A Collection of Evangelical Hymns #d107	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1793
A Collection of Hymns and Psalms for the Use of Singing School and Musical Societies #d97	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1807
A Compilation of Genuine Church Music. 4th ed. #d194	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1847
A New Selection of Hymns; designed for the use of conference meetings, private circles, and congregations, as a supplement to Dr. Watts' Psalms and Hymns #267	My sorrows like a flood				1812
A New Selection of Psalms and Hymns from the Most Approved Authors, Adapted to Public and Private Worship. 2nd ed. #d335	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1832
A Prayer Meeting and Revival Hymn Book . 27th ed. #d306	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1878
A Prayer Meeting and Revival Hymn Book. 5th ed. #d196	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1830
A Selection of Hymns, adapted to the devotions of the closet, the family, and the social circle; and containing subjects appropriate to the monthly concerns of prayer for the success... #424	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1831
A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs: designed (especially the former part) for the use of congregations as an appendix to Dr. Watt's Psalms and Hymn #H.LII	My sorrows like a flood				1809
A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs from the Best Authors #d129	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1811
A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs: in two parts, part I. containing the hymns; part II. containing the songs...(3rd ed. corr. and enl. by author) #H.LII	My sorrows like a flood				1817
A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors.: including a great number of originals: intended to be an appendix to Dr. Watts's Psalms and Hymns. (Woodward's rev. and corr. ed.; Sterotype ed.) #88	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1826
A Selection of Hymns & Psalms: from the most approved authors: principally from Watts & Rippon: together with originals #67	My sorrows like a flood				1808
Dupuy's Hymns and Spiritual Songs (Rev. corr. and enl.) #146	My sorrows, like a flood	Dr. Isaac Watts			1843
Harmonia Sacra, being a Compilation of Church Music. 10th ed #d215	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1860
Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Selected and Original. 7th ed. #d290	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1832
Hymns and Spiritual Songs, selected from Several Approved Authors, Recommended by the Baptist General Committee of Virginia #d126	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1793
Hymns for Social Meetings #57	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1842
Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Songs, including Some Never Before in Print #d219	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1825
Parish Hymns: a collection of hymns for public, social, and private worship; selected and original #240	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1844
Parish Psalmody #d509	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1844
Parish Psalmody #d521	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1848
Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes; for the use of Christian Congregations #839	My sorrows, like a flood	Watts			1855
Pocket Hymns: original and selected. designed for the use of the regular Baptist church, and all who love our Lord Jesus Christ #188	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1867
Primitive Baptist Hymn Book for All Lovers of Sacred Song. 3rd ed. #d137	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1887
Sacred Poetry: consisting of psalms and hymns, adapted to Christian devotion, in public and private, selected from the best authors, with variations and additions #H.CLXXIV	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1795
Sacred Poetry: Consisting of Psalms and Hymns, adapted to Christian Devotion, in Publick and Private. New Ed. #d312	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1812
Sacred poetry: consisting of psalms and hymns adapted to Christian devotion in publick & private. New ed. #d313	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1817
Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors, intended to be an Appendix to Dr. Watts' Psalms and Hymns. (1st Am. ed.) #LXXXVIII	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1792
Supplement to Watts: a Selection of More than Five Hundred Hymns, from the Most Approved Authors on a Great Variety of Subjects ... #d278	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1832
The American Seaman's Hymn Book: a Collection of Sacred Songs for the Use of Mariners #d142	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1826
The Baptist Harmony #d250	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1834
The Baptist Harmony #d252	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1842
The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book: being "The Plymouth Collection" enlarged and adapted to the use of Baptist churches #839	My sorrows, like a flood	Watts			1857
The Baptist Hymn Book, in Two Parts #d378	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1825
The Baptist Hymn Book: original and selected: in two parts #183	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1842
The Baptist Psalmody: a selection of hymns for the worship of God #433	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1850
The Christian Harmonist: containing a set of tunes adapted to all the metres in Mr. Rippon's Selection of Hymns, in the collection of hymns by Mr. Joshua Smith, and in Dr. Watt's Psalms and Hymns... #49	My sorrows like a flood				1804
The Church Hymn Book #d635	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1859
The Cluster of Spiritual Songs, Divine Hymns and Sacred Poems: being chiefly a collection (3rd ed. rev.) #CCXXXVIII	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1823
The Delights of Harmony; or, Norfolk Compiler: being a new collection of psalm tunes, hymns and anthems with a variety of set pieces, from the most approved American and European authors... #25a	My sorrows like a flood		6.6.8.6	English	1805
The Discipline of the United Freewill Baptist Church: together with hymns and spiritual songs, for the use of its members #177	My sorrows like a flood				1819
The Ebenezer Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, with an appendix Consisting of Miscellaneous Pieces. 6th ed. #d374	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1877
The Harmonia Sacra. 14th ed. #d211	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1871
The Lord's Songs: a collection of composures in metre, such as have been most used in the late glorious revivals; Dr. Watts' psalms and hymns excepted #CLXXVIII	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1805
The Old Baptist Hymn Book #d196	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1842
The Primitive Hymns, Spiritual Songs and Sacred Poems Regularly Selected, Classified and Set in Order ... Stereotype ed. #d401	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1858
The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #806	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1835
The Southern Psalmist #d539	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1859
The Southern Psalmist. New ed. #d562	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1871
Virginia Selection of Psalms #d304	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1836
Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music: selected from the most eminent and approved authors in that science, for the use of Christian churches of every denomination...(Stereotype ed., Enl. and Imp.) #33b	My sorrows like a flood				1826
Zion's Hymns, for the Use of the Original Free-Will Baptist Church of North Carolina #d174	My sorrows, like a flood	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748			1854

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