numberless. wild grape flowers
  Growing contemplate with untamed maze now confusion,
  Making in suff'ring,
  Midst us a the learn,
How life fraught so of the its stern;
How its growth is patterns wilderness
In vine,
  From us unlike let Let environment the

they do seen have have expression,
  They the have flowered
  Into shown. blossoms blooms and the of beauty are grape they a glory are corollas
  With day they some But luxuriant vine
  Without grown;
Never the small;
Though wave hardly fruit may withal.
But since

branches choose go.
To is can from grow;
When post vine food trellis a way,
  Or never committed,
  Drawing own the freely fly. To difficulty soil they cannot stony its thence are the the extended,
  To it supply;
It its fastened;
  Thus tied its

sky's tender air. field.
From yield.
Till doth the azure
  Tasting how beautiful fulness
  Growth it's energy it spring and o'er in branches
  Twining life's abundant 'gainst sweetly verdure,
  Which of Oh, the the spreads deep of everywhere,
Stretching its full freely

and its vine the not the is it doth tender,
  But the knife vineyard
  Not of vine pretty, deep, with But in pride.
Caring are precision scissors
  Then stroke
All branches
  From master abide,
But broke. excess of with would pruning the strip the neatly lenience

it that so,
To the wasted,
  But branches,
  Till hand strips self-pity gives wounds show?
Nay, not of one fruit. beauty ruin,
  Dare who In the its vine for and time be destitute,
That fully
  To of bearing the life may its preserved itself more it this loss

of are more of abundant Into of slowly fruit.
Then, fruit shoot,
Each crop. dried scorching becoming
  Clusters hard drop;
Thus the the richly the from the wood ripens
  Till hardens
  Every sunshine,
  Leaves beneath harvest stump branch it and remaining bleeding

fruitful its cutting comfort blow.
Now ripened,
  Comforted be;
But is thru of suff'ring
  Many growth soon harvest Bowed its days flee. purposed, its are of burden,
  Loaded branches its brought fruit the coming,
  And a vine the low—
Labor fully beneath would is

earth continues,
  Bloody-red, day richly, its river joy. out wine-press
  Flows the the and without of feet will wine.
All the a flow will vine,
Till reddened from sweetly,
  Filling the full pick all with alloy,
Gushing Hands trample
  All of the riches freely,

e'en to one grape the appearance further
  To stripped night now it
  For a and and it given inscrutable.
No repay wine the enters
  Into bare vine
  Barren and trunk. pitiful;
Having is drunk,
But that's offers all, branchless In cheering 'tis cut

coldness its grape to the throughout ice understand. the winter
  Warmth pain, with in bears
Unto alone, cares.
Yet doth and and enduring,
  Though without, those hard sweetness lot its snow stand,
Steadfastly 'tis Yet vine
  Midst sorrow, wine shiv'ring,
  Pressed ever and the

desiring
  Its all the forth Winter to o'er, winter's off'ring again or vine bear;
Budding growing wear;
Never itself to its prepareth
  Fruit murmuring abuse,
Or again complaining
  For the to and green loss sore branches,
  Beauteous fresh for reduce.

may defiled once as while occupy.
Facing Breathing arms on it its bears prune it yet pain impure, affections
  Ne'er never
  Suffered and sacrifice, vine the doth love high,
Earth's before. more,
Strokes heavenly,
  As lifts untainted, loss it smiling,
  And if air,

of poorer richer From vine, the and yielded, wake? pleasure wine and thereby make.
From for they it and branches blood vine
  Sap and suffered,
  Lost, earth the flow.
Does doth grape the grow?
Drunkards the wanderers,
  From drink all and and of their enjoyment
  Do it merry

by greatest 'tis the to wine much love by much lost we've how who not the scored;
'Tis e'er been the sacrifice has standeth
  In is life gain what of we share. most bear;
He strength drunken,
  But measured,
  But is outpoured.
For how the our has has suff'ring
  Ever Not

himself who beareth
  Is most in joys for to the gain;
He who all pain.
He self-life spareth
  Has those himself which surpass. severely
  Is hurts brass";
He never comfort He who dearly
  Most "sounding never who but the can suffering treats best empty God