 and gone to-morrow, And we are dead in an hour. The moon shines bright, and the stars give a light, A little before it is day; So God bless you all, both great and small, And send you a joyful May !  Chambers's Pocket Miscellany - Page 41854Full view - About this book
 | John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton - Children's literature - 1866 - 808 pages
...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...both great and small, And send you a joyful May." All the songs used upon these occasions that I have seen contain a quaint mixture of piety with May-flowers,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1867 - 160 pages
...stands; Tt is but a sprout, but it's well budded out By the work of our Lord's hands ...... 50 May-Day. " The moon shines bright, and the stars give a light,...great and small, And send you a joyful May!" In London May-day is still to some extent commemorated by the peculiar festivities of the chimneysweeps, who... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Great Britain - 1867 - 160 pages
...sprout, but it's well budded out liy the work of our Lord's hands '157) 4 5o May-Day. " The moon sMnes bright, and the stars give a light, A little before...and small, And send you a joyful May !" In London May-day is still to some extent commemorated by the peculiar festivities of the chimneysweeps, who... | |
 | 1871 - 660 pages
...a span, It flourishes like a flower : We are here to-day and gone to-morrow, And we are dead in one hour. " The moon shines bright and the stars give...bless you all, both great and small, And send you a merry May !" Among all nations the return of Spring, with its life and beauty, is hailed with joy.... | |
 | Oliver Optic - 1870 - 974 pages
...span ; It flourishes like a flower ; We are here to-day, and gone to-morrow, And we are dead in one hour. " The moon shines bright, and the stars give...before it is day ; So God bless you all, both great aud small, And send you a joyful 1 How то MAKE л CHEAP ROWING BOAT. OUR BOYS , VOL. VIL SATURDAY,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 392 pages
...are open wide, Our paths are beaten plain ; And if я man be not too far gone, He may return again. The moon shines bright, and the stars give a light,...all, both great and small, And send you a joyful May ! UNKNOWN. [Before 1649.] BEGONE DULL CARE I BEGONE dull care ! 1 prithee begone from me : Begone dull... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1879 - 396 pages
...are open wide, Onr paths are beaten plain ; And if a man be not too far gone, He may return again. The moon shines bright, and the stars give a light,...all, both great and small, And send you a joyful May! UNKNOWN. [Before 1649.] BEGONE DULL CARE! BEGONE dull care! 1 prithee begone from me: Begone dull care... | |
 | George Etell Sargent - 1882 - 426 pages
...The life of man is but a span, It flourishes like a flower, We are here to-day, and gone to-inorrow, And we are dead in an hour. The moon shines bright, and the stars give a light, A little l«fore it is day, So bless you all, both great and small, And send you a joyful May. CHAPTER II. FESTIVITIES—ANOTHER... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - History - 1883 - 382 pages
...are open wide, Our paths are beaten plain ; And if a man be not too far gone, He may return again. The moon shines bright, and the stars give a light,...all, both great and small, And send you a joyful May ! UNKNOWN. [Before 1649.] BEGONE DULL CARE I BEGONE dull care ! I prithee begone from me : Begone dull... | |
 | Arthur Henry Bullen - 1885 - 376 pages
...of man is but a span, It flourishes like a flower ; We are here to-day and gone to-morrow, |>'i • And we are dead in an hour. The moon shines bright...all, both great and small, And send you a joyful May ! " Page 68: "The contest of the Ivy and the Holly."—The two V> follownig pieces are from Wright's... | |
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