Book 3, Hymn 73 · William Cowper · Public-domain words
What thousands never knew the road!
Book 3, Hymn 73 · William Cowper
The words
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Stanza 1. What thousands never knew the road!What thousands hate it when ’tis known!None but the chosen tribes of God,Will seek or choose it for their own.
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Stanza 2. A thousand ways in ruin end,One, only, leads to joys on high;By that my willing steps ascend,Pleased with a journey to the sky.
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Stanza 3. No more I ask, or hope to find,Delight or happiness below;Sorrow may well possess the mindThat feeds where thorns and thistles grow.
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Stanza 4. The joy that fades is not for me,I seek immortal joys above;There, glory without end, shall beThe bright reward of faith and love.
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Stanza 5. Cleave to the world ye sordid worms,Contented lick your native dust;But God shall fight, with all his storms,Against the idol of your trust.
Olney Hymns (1779), Book 3, Hymn 73. William Cowper. Public domain. CCEL transcription with modernized spelling. www.praylock.com/olney-hymns/3-73
About these words
William Cowper lived from 1731 to 1800. These historical words are public domain.
This hymn belongs to the complete three-book collection first published in 1779.
