<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> · Great War