NATURE STUDY MADE EASY 



Edith said she loved the lily; so they each brought their favorite 

 flower to school and asked their teacher which she thought was 

 prettier. The teacher could not choose between them. 'The 

 blushing red rose in all its beauty is the emblem of love/ said the 

 teacher, 'while the peerless lily in all its grace is an emblem of 

 purity. I cannot decide; let us join them together, girls, where 

 the red of the rose will contrast with the snowy whiteness of the 

 lily, and put them in this vase.' Then she taught the girls this 

 poem, which they recited in school. 77 



The Lily and the Rose 



Ruth. " Tell me, sister, tell to me 



Which the flower most dear to thee. 



Does the lily or the rose 



Most to thee its charms disclose ? " 



Edith. " I would twine the lily fair 

 'Mid the tresses of my hair 

 And I would my heart should be 

 The emblem of such purity." 



Ruth. " I, the blooming rose would twine, 

 Grace and beauty should be mine 

 And the power to impart 

 Fragrant incense round the heart." 



Edith. " Why I love the lily bell 



Is because its blooms can tell 

 Innocence and truth are powers 

 In this lovely world of flowers." 



