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Poems (Truesdell)/Lines accompanying a Bouquet of Lilies and Roses

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by Helen Truesdell
Lines accompanying a Bouquet of Lilies and Roses
4478285Poems — Lines accompanying a Bouquet of Lilies and RosesHelen Truesdell
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ACCOMPANYING A BOUQUET Of LILIES AND ROSES.

"In eastern lands they talk in flowers,
In garlands they tell their loves and cares."

No purer offering could I bring
To lay, sweet lady, on thy shrine,
Than this fair gift of humble flowers,
This simple, floral gift of mine.

An emblem of thyself, fair girl,
They bloom in beauty and in pride!
The Rose, though queen of all the flowers,
An humbler flower will ne'er deride;

But ever spreads its sheltering leaves
To screen the Lily's drooping head:
Be this thy task, O gentle maid!
To cheer the lone whose hopes have fled.