YELLOW DAY LILY. 
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YELLOW DAY LILY. 
COQUETRY. 
This fragile beauty is made the emblem of 
coquetry, because its flower seldom lasts a second 
day; hence the French have named it Belle de 
jour, and it has been thus characterized by one 
of their poets: 
Aux feux dont l’air dtincelle 
S’ouvre la Belle de jour; 
Zbphyr la flatte de l’aille; 
La friponne encore appelle 
Les papillons d’alentour. 
Coquettes, c’est votre embleme: 
Le grand jour, le bruit vous plait, 
Briller est votre art supreme; 
Sans eclat le plaisir meme 
Devient pour vous sans attrait. 
It flowers in June, and, though the blossoms 
are so short-lived, yet they are followed by a 
succession .of others, so that the plant continues 
to display its beauty, and to give out its agreeable 
fragrance, for a considerable time. 
