Hymn 2:15 [Far From My Thoughts, Vain World, Be Gone]

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Title:     Hymn 2:15 [Far From My Thoughts, Vain World, Be Gone]
Author: Isaac Watts [More Titles by Watts]

The enjoyment of Christ; or, Delight in worship.

Far from my thoughts, vain world, be gone,
Let my religious hours alone;
Fain would my eyes my Saviour see,
I wait a visit, Lord, from thee.

My heart grows warm with holy fire,
And kindles with a pure desire:
Come, my dear Jesus, from above,
And feed my soul with heavenly love.

[The trees of life immortal stand
In flourishing rows at thy right-hand,
And in sweet murmurs by their side
Rivers of bliss perpetual glide.

Haste then, but with a smiling face,
And spread the table of thy grace:
Bring down a taste of fruit divine,
And cheer my heart with sacred wine.]

Blest Jesus, what delicious fare!
How sweet thy entertainments are!
Never did angels taste above
Redeeming grace, and dying love.

Hail, great Immanuel, all divine,
In thee thy Father's glories shine;
Thou brightest, sweetest, fairest one,
That eyes have seen, or angels known.

[The end]
Isaac Watts's poem: Hymn 2:15 [far From My Thoughts, Vain World, Be Gone]

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