English poem
HYMN XVII. The Fall and Recovery of Man: Or, Christ and Satan at enmity. Gen. iii.1.15, 17, Gal. iv.4, Col…
by Anonymous
Deceiv'd by subtle snares of hell, Adam, our head, our father, fell; His unborn race receiv'd the wound, And heavy curses smote the ground.
Thus saith the vengeance of the Lord— But satan found a worse reward; "Let everlasting hatred be "Betwixt the woman's seed and thee.
"The woman's seed shall be my Son; "He shall destroy what thou hast done— "Shall break thy head—and only feel "Thy malice raging at his heel."
He spake—and bade four thousand years Roll on—at length his Son appears; Angels, with joy descend to earth, And sing the blest Redeemer's birth.
Lo, by the sons of hell he dies! But, as he hung 'twixt earth and skies, He gave their prince a fatal blow, And triumph'd o'er the powers below.
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