LILY

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1. I like the chaliced lilies,
   The heavy Eastern lilies,
   The gorgeous tiger-lilies,
   That in our garden grow.—T. B. ALDRICH, Tiger-Lilies
   

2. Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.—Bible, Matthew 6:28,29

3. And lilies are still lilies, pulled By smutty hands, though spotted from their white.—ELIZABETH B. BROWNING, Aurora Leigh
   

4. By cool Siloam's shady rill
   How sweet the lily grows!—REGINALD HEBER, First Sunday after Epiphany
   

5. Like these cool lilies may our loves remain,
   Perfect and pure, and know not any stain.—ANDREW LANG, A Vow to Heavenly Venus
   

6. The lilies
   Contending with the roses in her cheeks,
   Who shall most set them off.—MASSINGER, The Great Duke of Florence
   

7. Lilies are whitest in a blackamoor's hand.—Proverb
   

8. How bravely thou becomest thy bed, fresh lily.—SHAKESPEARE, Cymbeline