Blues and greens are my delight <br />Set in garlands of the white. <br /> <br />When God made the violet <br />He made nothing better yet. <br /> <br />Lilac and the lavender <br />Fit for queens of Heaven to wear. <br /> <br />Many russets and the rose, <br />God be praised for these and those! <br /> <br />For the silvers and the greys <br />Likewise ye shall give Him praise. <br /> <br />Scarlet is a King's colour <br />That the King of Kings once wore. <br /> <br />Yet when everything is said, <br />Bring me neither rose nor red. <br /> <br />Give me blue and green below, <br />Apple bloom and cherry snow. <br /> <br />Blue forget-me-nots beneath <br />Pear and plum-bloom in a wreath. <br /> <br />Or wild hyacinths in a glade -- <br />Nothing better God has made. <br /> <br />Blues and greens and a white bough <br />Turn the earth to Heaven now.<br /><br />Katharine Tynan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/colours-31/
