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LlLY, YELLOW. Clan6. Order 1. The Ytllmo Lily 



I iliiii i /I//P/I ' 9 a nntivo of Persia, naturalized in 



urn, /.u/ca. Europo nnd Amcrica / 



PLAYFUL GAYETY. 



Ye well arrayed 



Queen Lilies and ye painted populace, 

 Who dwell in fields, and lead ambrosial lives. 



Young 



SENTIMENT. 



I met a lily in the vale, 



Just opened to the morning gale, 



And so I stopped to gaze; 

 And thou art beautiful, I said 

 That lily did not hide its head, 

 But freely forth its odors shed, 



To pay me for my pruisc. 



But, Ellen, there 's a lovelier thing 



Than Lily, rose, or mountain spring- 

 And yet it wakes my fears; 



For when I praise, behold it frowns! 



And when I 'd clasp, awav it bounds! 



And when I 'd kneel and kiss it zounds! 

 I get a slap upon my ears. 



Token. 1828. 



