Meaning of the word "sons" in "Our God, Our Help in Ages Past"?

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                          > Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
> 
> Bears all its **sons** away;  
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> They fly forgotten, as a dream,
> 
> Dies at the opening day.

[Isaac Watts; Our God, Our Help in Ages Past]

What does the word "sons" refer to? I think he didn't simply mean that those sons were male children. Could you help me out?

                        

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Jul 25, 2022, 02:58 PM
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Meaning of the word "sons" in "Our God, Our Help in Ages Past"?

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