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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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