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RETURN OF HAPPINESS. 
LILY OF THE VALLEY. 
Sweet flower o’ the valley, wi’ blossoms of snow, 
And green leaves that turn the cauld blast frae 
their stems ; 
Bright emblem o’ innocence, thy beauties I lo’e, 
Aboon the king’s coronet circled wi’ gems ! 
There’s no tinsel about thee, to make thee mair 
bright, 
Sweet lily ! thy loveliness a’ is thine ain, 
And thy bonny bells, danglin’ sae pure and sae light, 
Proclaim thee the fairest 0’ Flora’s bright train. 
This lowly plant loves the shelter of the 
hollow valleys, the shade of oaks, or the cool 
banks of streams. 
The lily, screened from every ruder gale, 
Courts not the cultured spot where roses spring. 
OGILVIE. 
Tn the earliest days of May its snowy flowers 
expand themselves, and scatter their perfume in 
the air. Barton says, 
The lily, whose sweet beauties seem 
As if they must be sought. 



