New And Old

orchidee



Tune: Ach Got Und Herr

('Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands')

Luke 5 v.36-39

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No one puts a piece of a new

Garment on old, does not sew

If they do, the new will make tear

More difficult to repair

 

And also piece that was taken

Out of new, not agrees then

With the old, and no one puts new

Wine in old skins, does not do

 

If they do, the new wine will burst

The old skins, not releive thrist

Wine shall be wasted, skins perish

And both be ruined, true this

 

But new wine must be put into

New skins, so shall be to you

That both wine and skins be preserved

Thes actions you have observed

 

No one having drunk old wine be

Quick to accept the new, see

For they say, The old is better

The new we postpone, defer

 

  • Author: orchidee (Offline Offline)
  • Published: November 14th, 2023 03:16
  • Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 8.7.8.7. I'm a miracle worker, don't ya know? I can turn wine into water, cos I keep adding water to the wine! Wasn't that miracle the other way round? heehee.
  • Category: Spiritual
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Comments7

  • Neville


    this has considerable merit & talking of miracles .. it was writ by the relative of a ferret ..

    • orchidee

      Thanks M.

    • arqios

      Mulled wine is in season... or does that still apply?

      • orchidee

        Thanks CB. Depends if it's old or new, I suppose. Or how old or new?
        You got them wineskins?! They are called 'bottle's in some Bible versions.

        • arqios

          Old wineskins and new wine don’t make good neighbours!

          • orchidee

            Are new wineskins and old wine any better?!

          • Thomas W Case

            Beautiful.

            • orchidee

              Thanks T.

            • sorenbarrett

              A great message that interestingly enough I had incorporated a piece of in my next poem without knowing that you had written this.

              • orchidee

                Thanks SB.

              • Kinsley Lee

                Hi! Orchidee
                Thank you for sharing a poem! Beautiful.

                • orchidee

                  Thanks K.

                • Goldfinch60

                  Good one Orchi.

                  • orchidee

                    Thanks Gold.

                  • Firefall

                    Many lessons in these parables.

                    • orchidee

                      Thanks F.



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