Still, Noah, faithful to his trust,
His solemn warnings gave;
And patiently prepared the ark,
His family to save

And still the people wagg'd their heads,
As they were passing by,
And look'd first on his monster ark,
Then upward to the sky;--

Then smiled in scorn, and went their way,
To sin and folly prone;
Not dreaming, though the skies look'd fair,
They'd soon be left alone.

Amid the angry storms of Heaven,
And rising waves around
Overflowing all the fields of earth,
And all the highest ground.




VI.

NOAH ENTERS THE ARK.


And now the ark was built; the day
Of wrath was drawing near;