LILY OF THE VALLEY. 
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LILY OF THE VALLEY. 
RETURN OF HAPPINESS. 
The Lily of the Valley delights in shady 
glens and the banks of murmuring brooks, 
where its exquisitely beautiful flower is modestly 
concealed amidst the broad, bright green leaves 
which surround its delicate and graceful bells. 
In floral language it is made to represent a re¬ 
turn of happiness, because it announces by its 
elegance and its odour the happy season of the 
year. 
That shy plant, the Lily of the Vale, 
That loves the ground, and from the sun withholds 
Her pensive beauty, from the breeze her sweets. 
Anon. 
The Lily, whose sweet beauties seem 
As if they must be sought. 
Barton. 
And, sweetest to the view. 
The Lily ofthe Vale, whose virgin flower 
Trembles at every breeze, beneath its leafy bower. 
Id. 
