Look not behind, neither stay in all the plain.Gen. xix, 17.
LOOK not behind! you've broken the chain
That bound to folly and despair;
Press onward to the glorious land,
Nor falter till you enter there.
LOOK not behind! unnumbered snares
Are for the loitering Christian spread;
False hopes, strong habits, wild desires,
And ruin's pitfalls dark and dread.
LOOK not behind! a blighting curse
Was hers who paused at Sodom's bound;
She, lingering, loved those haunts of sin,
And fearful retribution found.
LOOK not behind! 'tis Satan's lure
To tempt you to his realm again;
The guiding angel bids you haste,
And tarry not in all the plain.
Escape for life! the flames of wrath
Are reddening on the winged wind;
See Zoar's sacred refuge nigh—
Look not behind!—look not behind!