To Paradise, God stretched his hand,
And gave him thence a vine-stock grand;
He gave him counsel good and right,
Said, "Tend thou this with all thy might."
He him instructed,--so, and so,--
Till Noah's joy no bounds did know.
Both wife and child did Noah call,
His servants and his house-folks all.
He planted vineyards all about--
For, trust me, Noah was no lout;