Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LILIES, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER


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First Line: The lilies, ah, the lilies!
Last Line: A lilied beauty bring.
Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs.
Subject(s): Beauty; Flowers; Gardens & Gardening; Lilies


THE lilies, ah, the lilies!
They stand superb in light,
In field and bank and garden fair,
A wonder to the sight;
So rich their royal scarlet is,
So pure their stainless white!

Consider, then, the lilies,
O heart of mine, to-day:
They neither toil nor spin, to win
Their beautiful array;
I would that thou couldst live a life
So fearless-sweet as they.

They gather when the summer
Her silver bugle thrills;
When troop, to meet her shining feet,
The bright, uncounted rills;
And when the purple glories lie
All softly o'er the hills.

Each in her place appointed,
The lily dwells serene;
She cares not though the thistle blow
Anear her leaf of green;
Her neighbors cannot vex her soul,
For she was born a queen.

She fills the air with fragrance,
She crowns the day with bloom;
From dewy morn to darkling eve,
Our shadows to illume,
She bears a torch, divinely fed,
And smiles away our gloom.

Fair lilies, gentle teachers,
Evangelists of love,
The word that bids me heed your voice
Is spoken from above;
Ye are the gracious gift of Him
In whom our spirits move.

We too would wear unspotted
The garments of the King,
Would have the royal perfume
About our paths to cling,
And unto all beholders
A lilied beauty bring.





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