Religion

Genesis 2:21: Not from his head was woman took

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)

Religion

Not from his head was woman took,
As made her husband to o'erlook;
Not from his feet, as one design'd
The footstool of the stronger kind;
But fashion'd for himself, a bride.
An equal, taken from his side;

Her place intended to maintain.
The mate, and glory of the man.
To rest, as still beneath his arm,
Protected by her lord from harm,
And never from his heart removed.
As only less than God beloved.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Genesis 2:21: Not from his head was woman took.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2377/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Genesis 2:21: Not from his head was woman took.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2377/.

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