Religion
Genesis 2:21: Not from his head was woman took
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)
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.
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Wesley, Charles. “Genesis 2:21: Not from his head was woman took.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2377/.
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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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