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