They heeded not his solemn words,
Nor mark'd his tearful eye;
But still continued in their sin
Against the Lord most high.
They mock'd him with their taunting speech,
And call'd him foolish, vain,
To think that God would drown the earth
And men in floods of rain.
They look'd up to the heavens above,
No threatening clouds were there;
They laugh'd, they sang, they danced in pride,
Nor thought of God, or prayer.
All things remained the same to them,
For nearly six score years;
Why should they have distress of mind,
Or yield their soul to fears?
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.
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