THE WATER-LILY. 



M K 8 . H K M A i\ S . 



Oil, beautiful thou nrt, 

 Thou .sculpture-like and stately River-quceii I 

 Cro\Miing the depths, as with the light serene 



Of a pure heart. 



Bright Lily ot the wave ! 

 Rising in fearless grace with every swell. 

 Thou seem'st as if a spirit meekly brave 



Dwelt in thy cell : 



Lifting alike thy head, 

 Of placid beauty, feminine yet free. 

 Whether with foam or pictured azure spread 



The waters be. 



What is like thee, fair flower, 

 The gentle and the hrm ? thus bearing up 

 To the blue sky that alabaster cup, 



As to the shower. 



