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A book for boys and girls

or, Country Rhimes for Children. By J. B. [John Bunyan]
Bunyan, John (1628-1688)

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Comparison.

This Tree a perfect Emblem is of those,
Which God doth plant, which in his Garden grows.
It's blasted Blooms are Motions unto Good,
Which chill Affections do nip in the bud.
Those little Apples which yet blasted are,
Shew, some good Purposes, no good Fruits bare.
Those spoilt by Vermin are to let us see,
How good Attempts by bad Thoughts ruin'd be.
Those which the Wind blows down, while they are green,
Shew, good Works have by Tryal spoyled been:
Those that abide, while ripe, upon the Tree,
Shew, in a good man some ripe Fruit will be.
Behold then how abortive some Fruits are,
Which at the first most promising appear.
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The Frost, the Wind, the Worm with time doth shew,
There flows from much Appearance, works but few.
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