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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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