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Tis the voice of the Sluggard: I heard him complain The sluggard

Isaac Watts printed it in 1715 in Divine Songs for Children, Moral Songs, no. 1.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1715 Divine Songs for Children · no. 1

METRE

12.12.12.12 5 stanzas

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A subject no verse printed above it

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STANZA I

’Tis the voice of the Sluggard: I heard him complain

’Tis the voice of the Sluggard: I heard him complain,

‘You have waked me too soon! I must slumber again!’

As the door on its hinges, so he on his bead

Turns his sides, and his shoulders, and his heavy head.

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Moral Songs holds these hymns in this order: 8 hymns. This is number 1. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 1 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN Tis the voice of the Sluggard: I heard him complain

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