| W. Garrett Horder, comp. The Poets’ Bible: New Testament. 1895. | | | | The Temptation | | Richard Chenevix Trench (1807–1886) |
| | | WHEN man was foiled in Paradise, he fell | |
| From that fair spot, thenceforward to confess | |
| The barren and the thorny wilderness | |
| Was the one place where he had right to dwell. | |
| And therefore in the wilderness as well | 5 |
| The second Adam did that strife decide, | |
| And those closed gates again set open wide, | |
| Victorious o’er the wiles and strength of hell. | |
| Thou wentest to the proof, O fearless Lord. | |
| Even to the desert as thy battlefield, | 10 |
| A champion going of his free accord: | |
| We had no fears, for unlike him of old, | |
| Who lost that battle for us, thou did’st wield | |
| Arms of unearthly temper, heavenly mould. | | | | |
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