 | Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson - Antiquities - 1901 - 452 pages
...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, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson - Antiquities - 1901 - 402 pages
...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 - 338 pages
...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 - 104 pages
...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... | |
 | American poetry - 1907 - 564 pages
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 | Torsten Hilding Svartengren - English language - 1918 - 558 pages
...Ray. Grass, which, though as dry as hay, was as green as a leek. 1727, NED. Smollet, RR, 191 (nose). The hedges and trees they are so green, As green as any leek. May song quoted by Northall, FR, 240. Zo green's lick. Hewett, Dev. n. — White and green were the... | |
 | Education - 1920 - 684 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... | |
 | 1928 - 222 pages
...of May. A branch of May we have brought you, And at your door it stands, It's 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... | |
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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... 
