FABLES OF FLOKA. 107 
THE LILY. 
The Lilt is the emblem of beauty and purity. 
• Unstained and pure 
As is the Lily.' Thomson-. 
< The Lily, of all children of the Spring 
The palest — fairest too, where fair ones are.’ 
Barry Cornwall. 
< Te Lilies, bathed in morning dew, 
Of purity and innocence renew 
Each lovely thought.’ 
Bernard Barton. 
The Lily of the Nile, or Lotus , was consecrated 
to Isis and Osiris; and the priestesses of Isis 
wore lily-wreaths in their hair. 
‘ Bright bands of Egypt’s fair young girls 
To the lighted temple go, 
With those Lilies wreathed in their glossy curls, 
By the Nile’s dark waves that grow.’ 
Mrs. L. P. Smith. 
The Water-Lily is a favorite of the poets; we 
will give a few quotations. 
‘ Rapaciously we gather flowery spoils 
From land and water; Lilies of each hue, 
Golden and white, that float upon the waves, 
And court the wind.' Wordsworth. 
