YELLOW DAY LILY. 175 
YELLOW DAY LILY. 
COQ.T7ETHY. 
This fragile beauty is made the emblem of 
coquetry, because its flower seldom lasts a second 
day ; hence the French have named it Belle de 
jour, and it has been thus characterized, by one of 
their poets : 
Aux t'eux duiit L'air euneelle 
S'ouvre la Belle de jour ; 
Zephyr la flatte de l'aille ; 
La friponne encore appelle 
Les papillons d'alentour. 
Coquettes, c'est votre embleine : 
Le grand jour, lo bruit vous plait, 
Briller est votre art supreme ; 
Sans eclat le plaisir nienie 
Devient pour vous sans attrait. 
It flowers in June, and, though the blossoms are 
so short-lived, yet they are followed by a succession 
of others, so that the plant continues to display its 
beauty, and to give out its agreeable fragrance, for a 
considerable time. 
