This life's a dream an empty show
- DMI number:
- 34264
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- This life's a dream an empty show
- Last Line:
- When shall I wake and find me there
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work and Quatrain aabb
- Themes:
- Hopelessness / vanity of life
- Author:
- Isaac Watts
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'Psalm XVII. Long Metre. The Sinner's Portion and Saint's Hope' ('Lord, I am thine: But thou wilt prove'), in Watts, 'Psalms of David' (1719): 44-47.
- First Line:
- Lord I am thine but thou wilt prove
- Last Line:
- And in my saviours image rise
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- Walking amusements for chearful christians [T176253] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.137
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dr. Watts.
- Attributed To:
- Isaac Watts
- Title:
- Walking amusements for chearful christians [T80898] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.137
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dr. Watts.
- Attributed To:
- Isaac Watts
Poem Aliases
Watts. Psalms of David.
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