Musa Burschicosa A Book of Songs for Students and University Men. By John Stuart Blackie |
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THE BOTANIST'S SONG. |
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THE BOTANIST'S SONG.
God hath made three beautiful things,
Birds, and women, and flowers;
And he on earth who happy would be
Must look with love on all the three;
But chiefly, in bright summer hours,
He is wise who loves the flowers,
And roams the fields with me.
Birds, and women, and flowers;
And he on earth who happy would be
Must look with love on all the three;
But chiefly, in bright summer hours,
He is wise who loves the flowers,
And roams the fields with me.
Flowers have blossoms, and birds have wings,
And women have winsome wiles;
And he on earth who happy would be
Must borrow a joy from all the three;
But wisely he the June beguiles,
Who from brown braes and bright green isles
Plucks starry blooms with me.
And women have winsome wiles;
And he on earth who happy would be
Must borrow a joy from all the three;
But wisely he the June beguiles,
Who from brown braes and bright green isles
Plucks starry blooms with me.
Three ugly things the Devil hath made,
Disease, and Death, and Sin;
And he on earth who happy would be
Must dwell remote from all the three;
And far from the Devil and all his kin
He lives who loves sweet lore to win
From meek-eyed flowers with me.
Disease, and Death, and Sin;
And he on earth who happy would be
Must dwell remote from all the three;
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He lives who loves sweet lore to win
From meek-eyed flowers with me.
Disease and Death were the spawn of Sin,
When the serpent our dam beguiled;
And he on earth who happy would be
Must hold the charm that bans the three,
The charm that looks from the eye of the child,
And from the grace of the flowret mild,
That droops its crown for me!
When the serpent our dam beguiled;
And he on earth who happy would be
Must hold the charm that bans the three,
The charm that looks from the eye of the child,
And from the grace of the flowret mild,
That droops its crown for me!
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