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LlLY, SCARLET. Class 6. Order 1. Found in-the 



Carolinicum. S . outhcrn States particularly in 

 the mountains, liy cultivation it 

 is rendered very beautiful. 



HIGH-SOULED. 



The wand-like Lily, which lifted up, 

 As a Mcenad, its radiant-colored cup, 

 Till the fiery star, which is in its eye, 

 Gazed through clear dew on the tender sky. 



Shelly. 



SENTIMENT. 



I bring no gift of passion, 



I breathe no tone of love, 

 But the freshness and the purity 



Of a feeling far above. 

 I love to turn to thee, fair girl, 



As one within whose heart 

 Earth had no stain of vanity, 



And fickleness no part. 



* ***** 



O, save to one familiar friend, 



Thy heart its veil should wear, 

 The faithless vow be all unheard, 



The flattery wasted there ; 

 Heeding the homage of the vain 



As lightly as some star, 

 Whose steady radiance changes not, 



Though thousands kneel afar. 



/. G. Whittier. 



