THE GARDENER
No man shall childless go who hath
Raised these sweet babies out of death.
O peachy cheeks and goldilocks,
And maids in rose and scarlet frocks!
Raised these sweet babies out of death.
O peachy cheeks and goldilocks,
And maids in rose and scarlet frocks!
Here shall resort the butterfly,
The birds set up their loves hereby.
The mealy-mouthed bee shall come
For honey for his queen at home.
The birds set up their loves hereby.
The mealy-mouthed bee shall come
For honey for his queen at home.
Brown shall the man grow, being wooed
With the sun's kisses, brave and good,
Shall be an-hungered, and, being fed,
Shall find his bed a golden bed.
With the sun's kisses, brave and good,
Shall be an-hungered, and, being fed,
Shall find his bed a golden bed.
Squirrels and hares and gamesome things,
And all sweet folk that go on wings,
Shall sit with him when he shall eat,
And ask a blessing on his meat.
And all sweet folk that go on wings,
Shall sit with him when he shall eat,
And ask a blessing on his meat.
The wonders of the skies for him
Shall open, nor his eyes be dim;
And seeing the first leaf unfold,
He shall praise God an hundredfold.
Shall open, nor his eyes be dim;
And seeing the first leaf unfold,
He shall praise God an hundredfold.
Yea, he shall learn from his employ
How God turns mourning into joy,
And from earth's graves calls up at last
His flowers when all the Winter 's past.
How God turns mourning into joy,
And from earth's graves calls up at last
His flowers when all the Winter 's past.
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