 | Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson - Antiquities - 1901
...in more homely fashion in the old song, sung by the Mayers at Hitchin, in the county of Hertford : The hedges and trees they are so green, As green as any leek ; Our heavenly Father, He watered them With His heavenly dew so sweet. • * * « • The life of man is but a span, It flourishes... | |
 | Edward Walford, George Latimer Apperson - Antiquities - 1901
...in more homely fashion in the old song, sung by the Mayers at Hitchin, in the county of Hertford : The hedges and trees they are so green, As green as any leek ; Our heavenly Father, He watered them With His heavenly dew so sweet. ***** The life of man is but a span, It flourishes like... | |
 | Rutland (England) - 1906
...all this night, And almost all the day ; And now, returned back again, We bring you a branch of May. A branch of May we have brought you And at your door...green, As green as any leek, Our Heavenly Father, He watered them With His heavenly dew so sweet. The heavenly gates are open wide, Our paths are beaten... | |
 | Katherine Devereux Blake, Georgia Alexander - Children's poetry - 1906
...May. s A branch of May we have brought you, And at your door it stands ; It is but a sprout, but it's well budded out By the work of our Lord's hands. The hedges and trees they are so green, 10 As green as any leek ; Our Heavenly Father He watered them With His heavenly dew so sweet. The heavenly... | |
 | Education - 1920
...of May. A bunch of May we have brought you, And at your door it stands, It is but a sprout, but it's well budded out By the work of our Lord's hands. The...green, As green as any leek, Our heavenly Father, He watered them With His heavenly dew so sweet. The heavenly gates are open wide, Our paths are beaten... | |
 | Walter De la Mare - American poetry - 1923 - 696 pages
...of May. A bunch of May we have brought you, And at your door it stands, It is but a sprout, but it's well budded out By the work of our Lord's hands. The...green, As green as any leek, Our Heavenly Father, He watered them With his heavenly dew so sweet. The heavenly gates are open wide, Our paths are beaten... | |
 | Ronald Hutton - Drama - 1996 - 542 pages
...of May. A bunch of May we have brought you, And at your door it stands, It is but a sprout, But it's well budded out, By the work of our Lord's hands....green, As green as any leek, Our heavenly father he watered them With his heavenly dew so sweet. The heavenly gates are open, Our paths are beaten plain.... | |
 | English literature - 1861
...May. " A branch of May we have brought you, And at your door it stands ; It is but a sprout, But it's well budded out, By the work of our Lord's hands....green, As green as any leek. Our heavenly Father, He watered them With HU heavenly dew so sweet. " The heavenly gates are open wide, Our patha are beaten... | |
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With His heavenly dew so sweet. The heavenly gates are open wide, Our paths are beaten plain, And if a man be not too far gone, He may return again. The life of man is but a span, It flourishes like a flower, We are here to-day and gone to-morrow, And... 
