254 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



PURITY AND MODESTY. 



White Lily. — Lilhtm Candidum. 



" Ye loftier lilies, bath'd in morning dew. 

 Of purity and innocence renew 



Each lovely thought ." 



Barton, 



All nations and ages agree in making this 

 flower the symbol of purity and modesty ; 

 and its beauty and delicacy has ever been 

 the theme of admiration with the poets from 

 the time of Solomon to the present day. 



Cotton thus addressed a beautiful young 

 girl, who was admiring these flowers : 



*' Lilies are by plain direction 

 Emblems of a double kind ; 

 Emblems of thy fair complexion. 

 Emblems of thy fairer mind . 



