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