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Water Lily. 
— I7tb 
Purity of Heart. ^ 
Wh.^t is like thee, fgiir flower, 
The gentle and the firm ? thus bearing up 
To the blue sky that alabaster cup. 
As to the shower.— Mrs. Hernans. 
— I8tb — 
Oh ! beautiful thou art 
Thou sculpture-like and stately river-queen. 
Crowning the depths as with the light serene 
Of a pure heart.— Mrs. Hetnans. 
— I9tb — 
Bright lily of the wave ! 
Rising in fearless grace with every swell. 
Thou seem’st as if a spirit meekly brave 
Dwelt in thy cell .—Mrs Hetnans. 
— 20tb — 
O MELON-SCENTED lily! 
O water-queen of flowers ! 
J. H. Reynolds. 
Narcissus. — 2lst — Egotism. 
Narcissi, the fairest of them all. 
Who gaze on their eyes in the stream’s recess. 
Till they die of their own dear loveliness. 
Shelley. 
Pansiea — 22n& — Thoughts. 
There’s pansies that’s for thoughts. 
'' Shakespeare. *' 
