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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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