LILY OF THE VALLEY. 85 
LILY OF THE VALLEY. 
RETURN OF HAPPINESS. 
The Lily of the Valley delights in shady glens 
and the banks of murmuring brooks, where its exqui- 
sitely beautiful flower is modestly concealed amidst 
the broad, bright green leaves which surround its 
delicate and graceful bells. In floral language it is 
made to represent a return of happiness, because it 
announces by its elegance and its odour the happy 
season of the year. 
That shy plant, the Lily of the Vale, 
That loves the ground, and from the sun withholds 
Her pensive beauty, from the breeze her sweets. 
Anon. 
The Lily, whose sweet beauties seem 
As if they must be sought. 
Barton. 
And, sweetest to the view, 
The Lily of the Vale, whose virgin flower 
Trembles at every breeze, beneath its leafy bower. 
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