Man at his first creation in Eden God did place,
The public head and father of all the human race;
But by the subtle serpent beguil’d he was and fell,
And by his disobedience was doom’d to death and hell.
While in this situation a promise there was made,
The offspring of the woman should bruise the serpent’s head,
Against the power of Satan that man might only feel
The malice of the serpent enraging at his heel.
Now at the time appointed Jesus unveiled his face,