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,, Lily. — 5unc 23r& — Purity, Sweetneu. , , 
Innocence shines in the lily’s bell, 
Pure as the heart in its native heaven. 
Percival. 
— 24tb - 
Emble.m of Him in whom no stain 
The eye of Heaven could see, 
In all their glory, monarchs vain 
Are not array’d like me. 
— 25tb — 
The lily it is pure, and tlie lily it is fair. 
Burns, 
Irii. — 26tb — Meaaage. 
Beautiful lily, dwelling by still rivers. 
Or solitary mere. 
Or where the sluggish meadow-brook delivers 
Its waters to the weir !— Longfellow. 
Flower-de-luce. — 27tb — Fire. 
O flower-de-luce, bloom on, and let the river 
Linger to kiss thy feet! 
O flower of song,, bloom on, and make for ever 
The world more fair and sweet. 
Longfello^v. 
Blackthorn. — 28tb — Difflculty. 
The hawthorn I will pu’, wi’ its locks o’ siller grey, 
Where, like an aged man, it stands at break of day. 
Bums. 
