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A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhymes for childrenA book for boys and girls, or, Country rhimes for children
A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhymes for children by J.B.A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhimes for children by J.B.
London: printed for N.P., 1686
Title page typeset from the transcription.
A BOOK FOR Boys and Girls, &c. › Poem 33: XXXIII. Upon the barren Fig-tree in God's Vineyard
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
XXXIII. Upon the barren Fig-tree in God's Vineyard
What barren, here! in this, so good a soil? The sight of this doth make God's heart recoil From giving thee his Blessing: Barren Tree, Bear Fruit, else thine end will cursed be!
What barren, here! in this, so good a soyl? The sight of this doth make God's heart recoyl From giving thee his Blessing: Barren Tree, Bear Fruit, else thine end will cursed be!
Art thou not planted by the water side? Knowest not thy Lord by Fruit is glorified? The Sentence is, cut down the barren Tree: Bear Fruit, or else thine End will cursed be▪
Art thou not planted by the water side? Know'st not thy Lord by Fruit is glorifi'd? The Sentence is, cut down the barren Tree: Bear Fruit, or else thine End will cursed be▪
Hast not been digged about, and dunged too, Will neither Patience, nor yet Dressing do? The Executioner is come, O Tree, Bear Fruit, or else thine End will cursed be!