FLORA’S DIAL. 73 
iliac 21. 
WEEPING WILLOW. — Mourning, 
Marvel no more, although 
The songs I sing do moan ; 
For other life than wo, 
I never proved none. Wyat. 1525, 
iliac S3. 
WILLOW. — Celibacy, 
Like a cage without a bird, 
Or a thing too long deferred ; 
Like the go' ^ was never tried, 
Or the ground unoccupied ; 
Like a house that ’s not possessed, 
Or a book was never pressed — 
So are you it may be said, 
If you die, an ancient maid. Beaumont. 
iliac 23-. 
WATER LILY. — Purity of Heart. 
She dwells amid the world’s dark ways, 
Pure as in childhood’s hours ; 
And all her thoughts are poetry, 
And all her words are flowers. 
Mrs. M. E. Hewitt. 
