Flower Carol

Spring has now un­wrapped the flow­ers

Day is fast re­viv­ing

Life in all her grow­ing pow­ers

Towards the light is striv­ing:

Gone the ir­on touch of cold

Winter time and frost time

Seedlings

work­ing through the mould

Now make up for lost time.

Herb and plant that

win­ter long

Slumbered at their lei­sure

Now be­stir­ring

green and strong

Find in growth their plea­sure;

All the world with beau­ty fills

Gold the green en­hanc­ing

Flowers make glee among the hills

Set the mea­dows danc­ing.

Through each won­der of fair days

God Him­self ex­press­es;

Beauty fol­lows all His ways

As the world He blesses:

So

as He re­news the earth

Artist with­out ri­val

In His grace of glad new birth

We must seek re­viv­al.

Earth puts on her dress of glee;

Flowers and grass­es hide her;

We go forth in char­ity—

Brothers all be­side her;

For

as man this glo­ry sees

In th’awak­en­ing sea­son

Reason learns the heart’s de­crees

Hearts are led by rea­son.

Praise the Mak­er

all ye saints;

He with glo­ry girt you

He who skies and mea­dows paints

Fashioned all your vir­tue;

Praise Him

seers

he­roes

kings

Heralds of per­fect­ion;

Brothers

praise Him

for He brings

All to re­sur­rect­ion!