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LILY OF THE VALLEY. 77 
LILY OF THE VALLEY. 
RETURN OF HAPPINESS. 
Tue Lily of the Valley delights in shady glens 
and the banks of murmuring brooks, where its 
exquisitely beautiful flower is modestly con- 
cealed amidst the broad, bright green leaves 
which surround its delicate and graceful bells. 
In floral language it is made to represent a 
return 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 scught. 
BARTON. 
And, sweetest to the view, 
The Lily of the Vale, whose virgin flower 
Trembles at every breeze, beneath its leafy bower. 
Td. 
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