Colours

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Colours

Blues and greens are my delight

Set in garlands of the white.

When God made the violet

He made nothing better yet.

Lilac and the lavender

Fit for queens of Heaven to wear.

Many russets and the rose,

God be praised for these and those!

For the silvers and the greys

Likewise ye shall give Him praise.

Scarlet is a King's colour

That the King of Kings once wore.

Yet when everything is said,

Bring me neither rose nor red.

Give me blue and green below,

Apple bloom and cherry snow.

Blue forget-me-nots beneath

Pear and plum-bloom in a wreath.

Or wild hyacinths in a glade --

Nothing better God has made.

Blues and greens and a white bough

Turn the earth to Heaven now.

Title
Colours
Identifier
greatwar_herb047
Item sets
Herb o' Grace
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<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">Colours</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line"><span class="smallcaps">Blues</span> and greens are my delight</p><p class="line">Set in garlands of the white.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">When God made the violet</p><p class="line">He made nothing better yet.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Lilac and the lavender</p><p class="line">Fit for queens of Heaven to wear.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Many russets and the rose,</p><p class="line">God be praised for these and those!</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">For the silvers and the greys</p><p class="line">Likewise ye shall give Him praise.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Scarlet is a King's colour</p><p class="line">That the King of Kings once wore.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Yet when everything is said,</p><p class="line">Bring me neither rose nor red.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Give me blue and green below,</p><p class="line">Apple bloom and cherry snow.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Blue forget-me-nots beneath</p><p class="line">Pear and plum-bloom in a wreath.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Or wild hyacinths in a glade --</p><p class="line">Nothing better God has made.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Blues and greens and a white bough</p><p class="line">Turn the earth to Heaven now.</p></div></body></html>