150 FLORA AND THALIA. 



YELLOW-FLAG, OR THE WATER-LILY. 



How peaceful sails 



Yon little fleet, the wild duck and her brood. 

 Fearless of harm, they row their easy way ; 

 The Water-Lily, 'neath the plumy prows, 

 Dips, reappearing in their dimpled track. 



GKAHAME. 



Those groups of lovely date-trees bending, 



Languidly their leaf-crowned heads, 

 Like youthful maids, when sleep descending 



Warns them to their silken beds ; — 

 Those virgin Lilies, all the night 



Bathing their beauties in the lake, 

 That they may rise more fresh and bright, 



When their beloved sun's awake. 



