FLOWERS BY THE POETS 
RIVER LILIES. 
(.After Goethe’s “ Haiden-Roslein.”) 
Saw a boy three Lilies white, 
Lilies in the river, 
Half heart open to the light, 
Full of golden arrows bright. 
Each a silver quiver. 
Lilies, Lilies, Lilies white, 
''Lilies in the river. 
Said the boy, “ I’ll pluck you there. 
Lilies in the river !” 
Said the Lilies, “ If you dare 
You shall drown, or homeward fare 
, Dripping and ashiver !” 
Lilies, Lilies, Lilies white, 
Lilies in the river. 
Willful still the boy would clasp 
Lilies in the river ; 
Tumbled in ere he could grasp, 
Scrambled out with puff and gasp, 
Plucked no Lilies ever. 
Lilies, Lilies, Lilies white, 
Lilies in the river. 
F. W. Bourdillon. 
