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THE FLOWER VASE. 
LILY — WHITE. 
Lilidm cahdibhm. Class 6. — Order 1. 
A native of Palestine. Very fragrant. 
Purity. 
Ask me not why I should love her: 
Look upon those soul-full eyes! 
Look while mirth or feeling move her, 
And see there how sweetly rise 
Thoughts gay and gentle from a breast, 
Which is of innocence the nest — 
Which, though each joy were from it fled, 
By truth would still be tenanted! 
C. F. Hoffman. 
