He smelt his offering in the wind,
And said to thee I will be kind.
And since a pious house thou art,
Thyself shall name the gracious part.
Then Noah answered, as he stood,
"Dear Lord, this water smacks not good.
Therefore I, poor old man, would fain
Some different kind of drink obtain,
Since that there hath been drowned therein
All sinful beasts, and men of sin."