Therefore is my wisest plan

Not to trust in strength of man.



I my heavy sins bewail,

Whilst I view the wo and wail



Handed down so solemnly

In the book of times gone by.



Onward, onward, now I'll move

In the name of Christ above,



And his Mother true and dear,

She who loves the wretch to cheer.



All I know, and all I've heard

I will state - how God appear'd



And to Noah thus did cry:

Weary with the world am I;



Let an ark by thee be built,

For the world is lost in guilt;



And when thou hast built it well,

Loud proclaim what now I tell:



Straight repent ye, for your Lord

In his hand doth hold a sword.



And good Noah thus did call:

Straight repent ye one and all,



For the world with grief I see

Lost in vileness utterly.



God's own mandate I but do,

He hath sent me unto you.



Laugh'd the world to bitter scorn,

I his cruel sufferings mourn;



Brawny youths with furious air

Drag the Patriarch by the hair;



Lewdness governs every one:

Leaves her convent now the nun,



And the monk abroad I see

Practising iniquity.



Now I'll tell how God, intent

To avenge, a vapour sent,



With full many a dreadful sign -

Mighty, mighty fear is mine:



As I hear the thunders roll,

Seems to die my very soul;



As I see the world o'erspread

All with darkness thick and dread;



I the pen can scarcely ply

For the tears which dim my eye,



And o'ercome with grievous wo,

Fear the task I must forego



I have purposed to perform. -

Hark, I hear upon the storm



Thousand, thousand devils fly,

Who with awful howlings cry:



Now's the time and now's the hour,

We have licence, we have power



To obtain a glorious prey. -

I with horror turn away;



Tumbles house and tumbles wall;

Thousands lose their lives and all,



Voiding curses, screams and groans,

For the beams, the bricks and stones



Bruise and bury all below -

Nor is that the worst, I trow,



For the clouds begin to pour

Floods of water more and more,



Down upon the world with might,

Never pausing day or night.



Now in terrible distress

All to God their cries address,



And his Mother dear adore, -

But the time of grace is o'er,



For the Almighty in the sky

Holds his hand upraised on high.



Now's the time of madden'd rout,

Hideous cry, despairing shout;

• dialect [´daiəlekt] n.方言，土语，地方话 (初中英语单词)


• frequent [´fri:kwənt] a.常见的，频繁的 (初中英语单词)


• acquaintance [ə´kweintəns] n.相识；熟人，相识的人 (初中英语单词)


• celebrated [´selibreitid] a.著名的 (初中英语单词)


• connection [kə´nekʃən] n.联系；关系；联运 (初中英语单词)


• reasonable [´rizənəbəl] a.合理的；有理智的 (初中英语单词)


• employer [im´plɔiə] n.雇佣者，雇主 (初中英语单词)


• motive [´məutiv] n.动机；主题 a.运动的 (初中英语单词)


• probable [´prɔbəbəl] a.大概的n.很可能的事 (初中英语单词)


• doubtless [´dautlis] ad.无疑地；大概，多半 (初中英语单词)


• cathedral [kə´θi:drəl] n.大教堂 (初中英语单词)


• literature [´litərətʃə] n.文学；文献；著作 (初中英语单词)


• conceive [kən´si:v] v.设想；表达；怀孕 (初中英语单词)


• absurd [əb´sə:d] a.荒谬的，可笑的 (初中英语单词)


• ignorant [´ignərənt] a.无知的，愚昧的 (初中英语单词)


• chiefly [´tʃi:fli] ad.主要地；尤其 (初中英语单词)


• poetry [´pəuitri] n.诗；诗意 (初中英语单词)


• miserable [´mizərəbəl] a.悲惨的；可怜的 (初中英语单词)


• altogether [,ɔ:ltə´geðə] ad.完全；总而言之 (初中英语单词)


• imagination [i,mædʒi´neiʃən] n.想象(力) (初中英语单词)


• beginning [bi´giniŋ] n.开始，开端；起源 (初中英语单词)


• distress [di´stres] n.痛苦 vt.使苦恼 (初中英语单词)


• conductor [kən´dʌktə] n.指导者；向导者 (初中英语单词)


• constitute [´kɔnstitju:t] vt.组成；构成；指定 (初中英语单词)


• terror [´terə] n.恐怖；惊骇 (初中英语单词)


• christ [kraist] n.基督 int.天啊! (初中英语单词)


• proclaim [prə´kleim] vt.宣布；公布；声明 (初中英语单词)


• furious [´fjuəriəs] a.狂怒的；猛烈的 (初中英语单词)


• abroad [ə´brɔ:d] ad.海外；到处；广泛 (初中英语单词)


• dreadful [´dredful] a.可怕的；讨厌的 (初中英语单词)


• licence [´laisəns] n.许可；执照 vt.批准 (初中英语单词)


• obtain [əb´tein] v.获得；买到；得到承认 (初中英语单词)


• glorious [´glɔ:riəs] a.光荣的；辉煌的 (初中英语单词)


• horror [´hɔrə] n.恐怖；战栗 (初中英语单词)


• learned [´lə:nid] a.有学问的，博学的 (高中英语单词)


• studied [´stʌdid] a.故意的；有计划的 (高中英语单词)


• amongst [ə´mʌŋst] prep.其中之一 =among (高中英语单词)


• convent [´kɔnvənt] n.女修道院；女修道会 (高中英语单词)


• community [kə´mju:niti] n.团体；社区；公众 (高中英语单词)


• revenue [´revinju:] n.税收；收入 (高中英语单词)


• singular [´siŋgjulə] a.单一的；非凡的 (高中英语单词)


• forthwith [fɔ:θ´wið] ad.立刻 (高中英语单词)


• execution [,eksi´kju:ʃən] n.执行；演奏；表演 (高中英语单词)


• imprisonment [im´priznmənt] n.监禁，下狱 (高中英语单词)


• originate [ə´ridʒineit] vt.发源；创造；引起 (高中英语单词)


• manuscript [´mænjuskript] a.手抄的 n.手稿 (高中英语单词)


• ragged [´rægid] a.衣服破烂的 (高中英语单词)


• insane [in´sein] a.患神经病的；疯狂的 (高中英语单词)


• plague [pleig] n.瘟疫 vt.使…染疫 (高中英语单词)


• onward [´ɔnwəd] ad.&a.向前(的) (高中英语单词)


• repent [ri´pent] v.后悔；悔改；悔悟 (高中英语单词)


• avenge [ə´vendʒ] vt.替…报仇 (高中英语单词)


• mighty [´maiti] a.强有力的 ad.很 (高中英语单词)


• theology [θi´ɔlədʒi] n.神学 (英语四级单词)


• anecdote [´ænikdəut] n.轶事；趣闻 (英语四级单词)


• composed [kəm´pəuzd] a.镇静自若的 (英语四级单词)


• whereupon [,weərə´pɔn] ad.在什么上面；因此 (英语四级单词)


• notorious [nəu´tɔ:riəs] a.臭名昭著的 (英语四级单词)


• censure [´senʃə] vt.&n.责备；非难 (英语四级单词)


• conversion [kən´və:ʃən] n.转化；变换；皈依 (英语四级单词)


• mildly [´maildli] ad.温和地；适度地 (英语四级单词)


• seemingly [´si:miŋli] ad.表面上；似乎 (英语四级单词)


• livelihood [´laivlihud] n.生活，生计 (英语四级单词)


• experienced [ik´spiəriənst] a.有经验的；熟练的 (英语四级单词)


• humbly [´hʌmbli] ad.恭顺地，谦卑地 (英语四级单词)


• poorly [´puəli] a.不舒服的 ad.贫穷地 (英语四级单词)


• wretch [retʃ] n.不幸的人；卑鄙的人 (英语四级单词)


• grievous [´gri:vəs] a.痛苦的；严重的 (英语四级单词)


• almighty [ɔ:l´maiti] a.万能的；全能的 (英语四级单词)


• cultivated [´kʌltiveitid] a.在耕作的；有教养的 (英语六级单词)


• madrid [mə´drid] n.马德里(西班牙首都) (英语六级单词)


• inmate [´inmeit] n.(医院，监狱)同宿者 (英语六级单词)


• malady [´mælədi] n.疾病；不正之风 (英语六级单词)


• cholera [´kɔlərə] n.霍乱 (英语六级单词)


• deluge [´delju:dʒ] n.大洪水 vt.泛滥 (英语六级单词)


• poetical [pəu´etikəl] a.理想化了的 (英语六级单词)


• regent [´ri:dʒənt] n.摄政者 a.摄政的 (英语六级单词)


• mandate [´mændeit] n.训令；委任 vt.托管 (英语六级单词)


• despairing [di´speəriŋ] a.感到绝望的 (英语六级单词)