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Lord I will take no comfort but of Thee! I had an earthly plant—a pleasant vine, From whose dear grapes I pressed delightful wine, Which made my heart as merry as could be. Thine anger hath cut down that cheerful tree; Or at the least, (for yet I but divine,) Thou hast cut off its joyful fruit from me, And made its precious shade no longer mine. Shall I then murmur? If my road henceforth Lies but before me wearisome and bare, And no green garland twined amid my hair Will guard, as it was wont, my tortured eyes, What then? The sweeter after this stripped earth Will be the shady rest of Paradise.
Lord I will take no comfort but of Thee! I had an earthly plant—a pleasant vine, From whose dear grapes I pressed delightful wine, Which made my heart as merry as could be. Thine anger hath cut down that cheerful tree; Or at the least, (for yet I but divine,) Thou hast cut off its joyful fruit from me, And made its precious shade no longer mine. Shall I then murmur? If my road henceforth Lies but before me wearisome and bare, And no green garland twined amid my hair Will guard, as it was wont, my tortured eyes, What then? The sweeter after this stripped earth Will be the shady rest of Paradise.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Thomas Burbidge (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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Page 424 · printed citation: Thomas Burbidge · subject: PARADISE
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