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And bear the long, cold wintry, night, 
And bear her own degraded doom, 
And wait till heaven’s reviving light, 
Eternal spring ! shall burst the gloom. 
When and by whom this lily was introduced 
into England we cannot ascertain ; we have, 
however, reason to believe that it was amongst 
the earliest exotics that graced our gardens, 
and perhaps it was brought from the Holy Land 
by some of the Crusaders, as it is noticed by 
Chaucer in armorial bearings. 
Upon his crest he bore a tour, 
And therein stiked a lily flour. 
Also, in the “ Siege of Caerlaverock’’ (1300), 
we find it used as an emblem in describing the 
arms of Henry, Lord Tyas : 
Waniere ot Benri li Ctets, 
lus blanche ve un polt liots 
® un chiebron bermetl en mt. 
“Henry le Tyes had a banner whiter than a smooth 
lily, with a red chevron in the middle.” 
The star of Bethlehem, than the appearance 
of which nothing is more sweet, more pure, or 
more agreeable, has also been made the emblem 
of purity. In the month of June it puts forth 
its long tuft of star-like flowers, white as the 
drifted snow. 

