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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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