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THE FLORAL GIFT. 
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LILY, WHITE. 
Liliurn Candidum ,—Class 6, Order 1. 
A stately plant* with large, scented, white hewers ; from 
the Levant. 
PURITY. 
Without a stain the maiden lived, 
Unblemished, pure and mild— 
A woman grown, she was as sweet, 
And simple as a child; 
I loved her for her gentleness, 
Her smiles, and winning ways, 
And for a virtue in her heart, 
Above a poet’s praise. 
Boon nature lavished charms on her, 
Such charms as she bestows 
Upon those seraphs of the soil, 
The lily and the rose ; 
The soft expression of her eyes 
Came surely from above— 
It seemed to me a blended glance, 
Of purity and love. 
Park Benjamin. 
