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Hast Thou not planted with Thy hands A lovely vine in heathen lands? Did not Thy pow’r defend it round, And heav’nly dews enrich the ground? How did the spreading branches shoot, And bless the nations with the fruit! But now, dear Lord, look down and see Thy mourning vine, that lovely tree. Why is its beauty thus defac’d? Why hast Thou laid her fences waste? Strangers and foes against her join, And ev’ry beast devours the vine. Return, Almighty God, return: Nor let Thy bleeding vineyard mourn; Turn us to Thee, Thy love restore; We shall be sav’d and sigh no more.
Hast Thou not planted with Thy hands A lovely vine in heathen lands? Did not Thy pow’r defend it round, And heav’nly dews enrich the ground? How did the spreading branches shoot, And bless the nations with the fruit! But now, dear Lord, look down and see Thy mourning vine, that lovely tree. Why is its beauty thus defac’d? Why hast Thou laid her fences waste? Strangers and foes against her join, And ev’ry beast devours the vine. Return, Almighty God, return: Nor let Thy bleeding vineyard mourn; Turn us to Thee, Thy love restore; We shall be sav’d and sigh no more.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 640 · printed citation: Watts · subject: VINE
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