96 Tall Bearded Iris 



From his steed's shoulder, loin and breast, 



Silk housings swept the ground, 



With Scotland's arms, device and crest, 



Embroidered round and round. 



The double treasure might you see, 



First by Achaius borne, 



The thistle and the Fleur-de-lis, 



And gallant unicorn. 



Scott: Marmion. 



Never a knight a fairer face than he, 



Robed in rich rayment of a noble blue, 



And flowered with Fleur-de-lys of golden hue. 



Anon.: Morte Arthure. (ijth Cent.) 

 Tr. by Jessie L. Weston. 



Raise me a dais of silk and down; 

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Work it in gold and silver grapes, 

 In leaves and silver Fleurs-de-lys; 

 Because the birthday of my life 

 Is come, my love is come to me. 



Christina Rossetti: A Birthday. 



At the time of the French Revolution, because 

 of the idea of royalty associated with the Fleur-de-lis, 

 many buildings, monuments and works of art, on 



