 | English literature - 1848 - 294 pages
...MAGAZINE. "A braneh 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 wide, Our paths are beaten... | |
 | John Brand - 1849 - 574 pages
...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. 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... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1853 - 398 pages
...of May we have brought yon, And at your door it stands; It is but a sprout, But it's well budded ont By the work of our Lord's hands. The hedges and trees...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... | |
 | Robert Bell, James Henry Dixon - Ballads, English - 1857 - 264 pages
...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. 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... | |
 | William Hone - 1859 - 882 pages
...MayA hrancn ot May we have brought you, Aud at your il-jor it stauds, It is but a sprout, But it's well budded out By the work of our Lord's hands. The hedges and trees they arc so As green as any leek, Our heavenly Father He watered them With his heavenly dew so sweet The... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - Children's poetry - 1862 - 372 pages
...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. The...green, As green as any leek ; Our heavenly Father He water'd them With His heavenly dew so sweet. The heavenly gates are open wide, Our paths are beaten... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1863 - 314 pages
...your door it stands; It is but a sprout, but it's well budded out By the work of our Lord's hands. 4. 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 heavenly gates are open wide, Our paths are beaten... | |
 | . - 1863 - 684 pages
...over again, she could not tell why, she kept murmuring to herself this verse of their carol, — " The hedges and trees, they are so green, As green as any leek ; Our Heavenly Father, Ho watered them With heavenly dew so sweet." It seemed as if no one would ever be tired that May-day... | |
 | John Harland - Ballads, English - 1865 - 632 pages
...again 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 his heavenly dew so sweet. The heavenly gates are open wide, Our paths are beaten... | |
 | John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton - Children's literature - 1866 - 808 pages
...; " 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, " The moon shines bright and the stars give a light A little before it is day, So God bless you all,... | |
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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... 
