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 dejour, and it has been thus characterized 
by one of their poets : 
Aux feux dont l’air etinceUe 
S’ouvre la Belle de jour; 
Zephyr la flatte de l’aile : 
La friponne encore appelle 
Les papillons d’alentour. 
Coquettes, e’est votre embleme : 
Le grand jour, le bruit vous plait, 
Briller est votre art supreme; 
Sans dclat le plaisir mOme 
Devient pour vous sans at trait. 
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 agree¬ 
able fragrance, for a considerable time. 
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