hymns amusement children hymns amusement children final work completed english poet completed smart imprisoned outstanding debt king work final exploration religion smart spent large portion life debt unable survive time prison died soon completing hymns smart hymns works hymns dedicated children intended teach christian virtues unlike works produced smart release mental asylum song david hymns spiritual songs work success went immediate editions success work lies simplicity accessibility text smart died saw proceeds work learned book success background smart released asylum published religious works song david hymn spiritual songs soon quickly attacked critics declared smart mad subsequently failed popular smart continued work religious works struggled publish support quickly fell debt april arrested sent prison january recommended king prison purchased rules allowing freedom order help smart final weeks peaceful final letter written jackson smart shillings order purchase food soon smart died liver failure pneumonia completing final work hymns unknown poems published hymns written smart imprisoned final days titled despair produced time different version poem published death version included note claiming late king bench writing hymns time editing create better version editions hymns published 18th century edition published smart died edition published brother law announced public december edition list smart author possible sixth edition hymns disappeared possible edition produced work far boston massachusetts shown advertisement selling work boston editions found editions exist addition philadelphia pennsylvania edition smart children hymn morning hymn little good boys girls time models base children hymns works work attempted children attempted morality possible smart hymns modelled actual hymns songs instead note work says slight specimen moral songs wish happy genius undertake use children perform better sense subjects borrow solomon common appearances nature occurrences civil life city country afford matter language measures easy flowing religion sacred names god holy things children find delight profit work dedicated hymns composed amusement submission respect inscribed best bishops prince second son king seven time smart given special permission work boy intervention royal family hymns amusement children essence hymns amusement children intended teach children specific virtues subject matter work trying accomplish goal smart emphasizes joy creation christ sacrifice allowed future salvation didn try spread joy structured poems treat valuable lessons morality subjects begin theological virtues faith hope charity cardinal virtues justice adds mercy hymns deal christian duties followed hymns final works introduce miscellaneous christian virtues necessary complete christopher original self proclaimed plan good girls boys hymns provided corresponding illustration original illustrations represented scene hymn symbolic representation hymn later editions work included illustrations match corresponding hymn fault general deterioration standards book production possibilities hard justify exact relationship particular hymn illustration thirty hymns included hymns amusement children hymns expected book hymns points collection contains hymns learning good nature animals particular emphasizes showing love flowers recurring characteristic poetry reads merry sing away touch organs sweet lord triumphant day children gay shout seat shall field let run deck soon begins warn long sun praise christ streak roses fully blown sweetness lord known glory grow poem good example quality collection hymns long suffering god according long suffering god poems hymns amusement children poem smart certainty long suffering god eventually grace barren human soul reads man goes year year bears fruit god bids blessing fall beams mercy grace soul regains place skies final poem ends shows smart grace mercy god madness conclusion matter smart final poem work conclusion matter demonstrates joy optimism smart smart look looks forward sequence ends note triumph reads fear god obey hand heart knees care like prayer weigh balance mind look forward let foul pace thou won race claims world smart won instead believes stated uncle trust peace portion critical response wrote second set hymns hymns amusement children younger audience smart cares emphasizing need children moral instead innocent works seen possibly complicated amusement employ complicated theological concepts particular questions carefully polished writing lines relatively hard read sense disagreed sentiment strongly claims hymns mere hack work tossed speed indifference written smart prison rescue poems bare simplicity equals literature merit admit argument claims handful hymns simple surely proved children bought critics agree work complex children like view works fit appropriate level children 18th century especially short length hymn small illustration scene proceeding works simple words complex explains work allow understood particular claims hymns contain high spirited delight day day life children joy characterizes best hymns amusement children
Hymns for the Amusement of Children