For ye have fear'd the Lord.

"For every thing that now has life,
And all things that have breath,
Even for the wickedness of man,
I do devote to death.

"I am the Lord, the mighty one,
I, even I, do speak;
The flood upon the earth I'll bring,
And nought my word shall break."

Noah prepared to build the ark,
The tidings did him grieve;
Yet it was just, and every word
He did at once believe.




V.

NOAH PREACHES.


While Noah built for six score years
The ark to ride the flood,
He preach'd unto the people round
The dreadful word of God.