Floral Poetry. 
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Thus soothed and reconciled, each seeks 
The fairest British fair; 
The seat of empire is her cheeks ; 
They reign united there. 
Cowper. 
THE LILY AND CHILD. 
YNNOCENT child and snow-white flower! 
^ Well are ye paired in your opening hour, 
Thus should the pure and the lovely meet, 
Stainless with stainless, and sweet with sweet. 
White, as those leaves just blown apart, 
Are the pliant folds of thy own young heart; 
Guilty passion and cankering care 
Never have left their traces there. 
Artless one ! though thou gazest now 
O’er the white blossoms with earnest brow, 
Soon will it tire thy childish eye, 
Fair as it is, thou wilt throw it by. 
Throw it aside in thy weary hour, 
Throw to the ground the fair white flower; 
Yet, as thy tender years depart, 
Keep that white and innocent heart. 
Bryant. 
S 
