| The feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labors, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of in-gathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labors out of the field. (Ex. 23:16) |
| At our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up. (Song of Sol. 7:13) |
| A man that is a householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old. (Matt. 13:52) |
He takes the years — the new, the old,
With their changing scenes and brief,
The close-shut bud and the fruiting bough,
Flower and fading leaf,
Grace and glory and lack and loss,
The song, the sigh, the strife,
The joy of hope and hope fulfilled,
And makes of the years a life. |
