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    "text": "As parched in the barren sands,",
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    "text": "Beneath a burning sky,",
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    "text": "The worthless bramble with’ring stands,",
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    "text": "Such is the sinner’s awful case,",
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    "text": "A secret curse destroys his root,",
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    "text": "And dries his moisture up;",
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    "text": "He lives awhile, but bears no fruit,",
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    "text": "But happy he whose hopes depend",
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    "text": "Though gourds should wither, cisterns break.",
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    "text": "And creature-comforts die,",
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    "text": "No change his solid hope can shake,",
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    "text": "Or stop his sure supply.",
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    "text": "So thrives and blooms the tree whose roots",
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    "text": "By constant streams are fed;",
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    "text": "Array’d in green, and rich in fruits,",
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    "text": "’Tis planted by a river side",
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