LILV. 



LILY. LUium, 



Natural Order CoroncnifT. Lilia, Juss. A Genus of 

 the Hexandria Moiiogyiiia Class. 



Ye loftier Lilies, bathed in morning's dew, 

 Of purity and innocence renew 

 Each lovely thought. 



Barton. 



The Lily's height bespake command, 



A fair imperial flower ; 

 She seem'd design' d for Floi'a's hand, 



The sceptre of her power. 



The beauty and delicacy of the Lily has been cele- 

 brated by the writers of all ages, from the time of 

 Solomon to the present day. It was regarded by 

 Christ himself as being more splendid than the 

 great King of Jerusalem in all his gorgeous apparel . 

 and on this account we cannot behold the Lily 

 without feeling a kind of reverence for the flower, 

 mixed with our admiration for its elegance of form 

 and purity of colour. 



Observe the rising Lily's snowy grace, 



Observe the various vegetable race ; 



They neither toil nor spin, but careless grow, 



Yet see how warm they blush ! how briglit they glow ! 



What regal vestments can with tliem comj)are ! 



Ariiat king so shining, or what queen so fair. 



Tiio3iso>r. 



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