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 Framed of Wood, the Ark effected

Noah's salvation, while directed

Through the Deluge and upheld:

Called the promise to inherit

Sarah laughs with joy of spirit

O'er the infant of her eld.

From her pitcher Bethuel's daughter

Giveth Eliezer water,

And the camels slake their thirst:

For her Bridegroom she prepareth,

While the rings and chains she weareth

That Himself had sent her first.

Letter held by, spirit scanted,

Saw the Synagogue supplanted,

Wandering wide, by Jacob's hand:

Leah's tender vision fleeth

Much that clear-eyed Rachel seeth

Wedded thence in equal band.

By the wayside as she fareth

Tamar twins to Judah beareth

After many a widowed day:

Here the Royal Maid revealing

What the rush-ark was concealing,

Beareth Moses safe away.