Poems by Felicia Dorothea Browne/The Lily of the Vale

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2663418Poems by Felicia Dorothea Browne — The Lily of the ValeFelicia Hemans

THE LILY OF THE VALE.


See bending to the gentle gale,
The modest lily of the vale;
Hid in its leaf of tender green,
Mark its soft and simple mien.
Thus sometimes Merit blooms retir'd,
By genius, taste, and fancy fir'd;
And thus 'tis oft the wanderer's lot,
To rove to Merit's peaceful cot,
As I have found the lily sweet,
That blossoms in this wild retreat.