The Isaac Watts Page


Isaac Watts Portrait

( 1674 - 1748 )

Major Works
Two collections of songs, Logic, and are available from
Horae Lyricae ( 1706; 1709 ).
Hymns and Spiritual Songs ( 1707; 1709 )
Divine Songs for the Use of Children ( 1715 ).
The Psalms of David Imitated in the Language of the New Testament ( 1719 ).
Logic; or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth ( 1725 ).
Catechisms ( 1730 ).
Scripture History ( 1732 ).
The World to Come ( 1738 ).
The Improvement of the Mind ( 1741 ).
"Day of Judgement", "A Cradle Hymn" Two Lyrics On Line.
Selected Watts Lyrics from The Poet's Corner.
Text of "How Shall the Young Secure Their Hearts"

About Watts
Arthur Paul Davis, Isaac Watts. 1943.
Isaac Watts
Isaac Watts: The Official Biography by David Fountain.

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