14B 
LILIES. 
AV hence pendant many a pearly gem, 
Displays a milk-white bell; 
Instinct with life thy fibrous root, 
Which sends from earth th’ ascending shoot, 
As rising from the dead. 
And fills thy veins with verdant juice, 
Charg’d thy fair blossoms to produce. 
And berries scarlet red: 
The triple cell, the twofold seed, 
A ceaseless treasure-house decreed 
Whence aye thy race may grow. 
As from creation they have grown, 
While spring shall weave her flowery crown. 
Or vernal breezes blow 
Who forms thee thus with unseen hand, 
W ho at creation gave command, 
And will’d thee thus to be, 
And keeps thee still in being thro’ 
Age after age revolving, who 
But the Gj'cat God is He? 
Omnipotent to work his will; 
Wise, who contrives each part to fill 
The post to each assign’d ; 
Still provident, with sleepless care 
To keep ; to make the sweet and fair 
For man’s enjoyment, kind ! 
