WATER LILY. 



" Mark where transparent waters glide, 

 Soft flowing o'er their tranquil bed ; 

 There, cradled on the dimpling tide, 

 Nymphaea rests her lovely head. 



" But conscious of the earliest ray, 



Though night mists veil the lake or landj 

 She hastes to greet the orient day, 

 And bids her peerless sweets expand. 



" Till the bright day star to the west 

 Declines, in ocean's surge to lave ; 

 Then folded in her modest vest, 



She slumbers on the rocking wave." 



Charlotte Smith. 



Nymphcea alha. White Water Lily, or Water Can. 



A name derived from being found in the febled haunts of water 

 njTnphs. 



Flowers Flowers 



Rise and open as Close as the sun 



the sun arises. declines. 



