Genesis 3:24: So He drove out the man: and He placed, &c

Spoil'd of the bliss to Adam given,
Out of my Maker's presence driven,
My fallen state I mourn;
But fondly sigh my Eden lost;
The flaming sword and angel-host
Prohibit my return.

A fallen, sinful child of man,
By innocence I seek in vain"
That Edeji to retrieve;
I cannot find the blissful place.
Or, banish'd from Jehovah's face.
Behold my God, and live.

Then let me die to see my Lord!
I rush upon that flaming sword
Which doth the sinner slay:
But he who by Thy justice dies,
By this shut out of paradise,
Shall find another way.

I find it now: most gracious God,
I enter boldly through the blood
Of my redeeming Lord;
By faith I see the bar removed,
I feel lost man again beloved,
And paradise restored.
Happy who in Christ delight,
And His commandments love.
They shall keep their gracious right
To paradise above,
Eat the' immortalizing tree,
From which they can no more be driven.
Feast on full felicity.
And live the life of heaven.