Tune: St Hilda
('O happy band of pilgrims')
Genesis Chapter 3
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Serpent in Eden's garden
Came subtilly to men
See tree of good and evil
Take, eat, will fare you well
So spake he to Eve, she ate
Though had not tasted yet
Of that tree, but she, Adam
Did to deceit succumb
The Lord God He had spoken
Had showed them even then
That they may freely eat all
Save that one tree, their fall
For their temptations being
The fruit looked a good thing
Attractive, pleasant to eyes
They did not it despise
And too to make one wise it
Was, pride did not resist
Though having free choice, they ill
Did theirs, not God's good will
Yet promise of redemption
For souls of every one
Here made at this early stage
Of life, in history's page
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Author:
orchidee (
Offline) - Published: January 18th, 2018 02:53
- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 7.6.7.6. metre. The original is by St Joseph the Hymnographer, from over 1,000 years ago - 850AD. I met him in person! heehee.
- Category: Spiritual
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Comments5
That snake has a great deal for which to answer. Good write.
Thanks Gold. yes - a talking snake somehow! Yet people lived to 969 also in those days (Methuselah). There's the 'If only' they had not done that one thing of eating that fruit (apple or whatever it was). Yet God's plan over it all. His mysterious ways of working, as says another hymn. This is a 9-part story/series, 'to be continued'.
Great write Orchi! Looking forward to the next one!
Thanks Laura.
Great write
Thanks Tony.
Welcome
Amazing style over all
Thanks Aislinn.
Yes, orchie, we are all sinners....but one day.....
Now please don't start to sing, having sinned is bad enough!
Thanks Fred. Oooh I know, I'm a glutton for punishing others. I wear ear plugs so I can't hear myself sing! heehee.
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