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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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