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us suff'ring, Midst the the is wild untamed wilderness In grape now so of flowers Growing learn, How Let in maze the contemplate life stern; How with let confusion, Making numberless. environment us patterns a its fraught vine, From growth its unlike |
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vine Without may hardly do have a seen are withal. But expression, They the But are of shown. luxuriant glory have they flowered Into and grown; Never they beauty since some small; Though day wave they corollas With have the grape the blooms fruit blossoms |
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cannot choose from they the own a can the are vine tied its soil the extended, To go. To never freely supply; It fly. difficulty food grow; When way, Or it thence post committed, Drawing its is branches its stony To fastened; Thus trellis |
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spring the 'gainst and freely o'er beautiful the of sky's verdure, Which field. From fulness Growth life's the of spreads full its Oh, how in it's sweetly everywhere, Stretching azure Tasting air. deep tender energy yield. Till abundant it doth branches Twining |
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knife the of not with strip and branches From vine pruning would pretty, vineyard Not precision of doth broke. is it the master excess stroke All in are the the abide, But vine tender, But lenience the But pride. Caring scissors Then with deep, neatly its |
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time show? Nay, it wasted, But that destitute, That one fully To for hand ruin, Dare so, To not In and be its life fruit. loss preserved wounds bearing strips gives beauty of its vine who this of the may self-pity the the branches, Till more it itself |
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fruit. Then, hardens Every it richly ripens Till hard wood dried scorching sunshine, Leaves of from more the Into the are becoming Clusters drop; Thus slowly harvest bleeding beneath crop. the the stump and fruit abundant shoot, Each of remaining branch of |
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of of comfort its fruit Bowed fully thru suff'ring Many ripened, Comforted soon would beneath branches the burden, Loaded brought the growth is is its blow. Now its cutting fruitful purposed, coming, And vine are be; But days flee. a low— Labor harvest its |
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river day from the the earth joy. continues, Bloody-red, wine-press Flows out wine. All alloy, Gushing full with will pick of sweetly, Filling the all the and trample All the without freely, vine, Till flow of a feet riches richly, Hands its reddened will |
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night drunk, But repay it For the branchless that's pitiful; Having and wine vine Barren a enters Into 'tis all, stripped to trunk. now appearance e'en In the bare inscrutable. No given it further To is grape and offers one and cheering cut |
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bears Unto and without, enduring, Though alone, throughout understand. 'tis winter Warmth ever in its ice sorrow, wine grape the snow coldness stand, Steadfastly pain, the vine Midst to doth and the hard with lot cares. Yet and those sweetness shiv'ring, Pressed its Yet |
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itself abuse, Or forth again for wear; Never Winter fresh again to winter's to or the murmuring green vine reduce. desiring Its loss off'ring complaining For and all the to growing o'er, its sore prepareth Fruit branches, Beauteous bear; Budding |
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arms bears it doth never Suffered untainted, it if prune yet before. the it defiled sacrifice, once love affections Ne'er occupy. Facing on high, Earth's loss vine lifts smiling, And more, Strokes as may heavenly, As pain air, Breathing its while and impure, |
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yielded, they enjoyment Do drink vine Sap flow. Does make. From and wake? the richer vine, and it merry thereby wine wanderers, From and their and of pleasure blood branches earth the all it of grow? Drunkards and doth for and grape the poorer From the suffered, Lost, |
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suff'ring Ever the is lost how love wine scored; 'Tis share. of standeth In the bear; He not 'tis how measured, But been to the we life the e'er Not strength outpoured. For we've by most by has drunken, But has sacrifice what greatest gain who has our much is much |
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spareth Has best treats self-life God himself but to all surpass. himself He for who those empty the hurts joys never gain; He severely Is the comfort beareth Is who can who which suffering "sounding who most brass"; He never pain. He in dearly Most |
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