<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Lilies - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[But lilies, stolen from grassy mold, No more curled state unfold,  Translated to a vase of gold;   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25097]]></link><description><![CDATA[But lilies, stolen from grassy mold, No more curled state unfold,  Translated to a vase of gold;   In burning throne though they keep still    Serenities unthawed and chill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet in that bulb, those sapless scales, The lily wraps her silver vest,  Till vernal suns and vernal gales ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet in that bulb, those sapless scales, The lily wraps her silver vest,  Till vernal suns and vernal gales   Shall kiss once more her fragrant breast.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lily is all in white, like a saint, And so is no mate for me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25085]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lily is all in white, like a saint, And so is no mate for me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are Lilies fair, The flower of virgin light;  Nature held us forth, and said,   "Lo! my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25086]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are Lilies fair, The flower of virgin light;  Nature held us forth, and said,   "Lo! my thoughts of white."   - Leigh Hunt (James Henry Leigh Hunt),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O lovely lily clean, O lily springing green,  O lily bursting white,   Dear lily of delight,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25087]]></link><description><![CDATA[O lovely lily clean, O lily springing green,  O lily bursting white,   Dear lily of delight,    Spring in my heart agen     That I may flower to men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Look to the lilies how they grow!" 'Twas thus the Saviour said, that we,  Even in the simplest flowers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25088]]></link><description><![CDATA["Look to the lilies how they grow!" 'Twas thus the Saviour said, that we,  Even in the simplest flowers that blow,   God's ever-watchful care might see.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For her, the lilies hang their heads and die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25089]]></link><description><![CDATA[For her, the lilies hang their heads and die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gracious as sunshine, sweet as dew Shut in a lily's golden core. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gracious as sunshine, sweet as dew Shut in a lily's golden core.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is not this lily pure? What fuller can procure  A white so perfect, spotless clear   As in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is not this lily pure? What fuller can procure  A white so perfect, spotless clear   As in this flower doth appear?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cytherea, How bravely thou becom'st thy bed, fresh lily,  And whiter than the sheets! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25092]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cytherea, How bravely thou becom'st thy bed, fresh lily,  And whiter than the sheets!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like the lily That once was mistress of the field and flourished,  I'll hang my head and perish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25093]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like the lily That once was mistress of the field and flourished,  I'll hang my head and perish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the wand-like lily which lifted up, As a Maenad, its moonlight-coloured cup,  Till the fiery star, which is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25094]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the wand-like lily which lifted up, As a Maenad, its moonlight-coloured cup,  Till the fiery star, which is its eye,   Gazed through clear dew on the tender sky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Thou wert not, Solomon! in all thy glory Array'd," the lilies cry, "in robes like ours;  How vain your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25095]]></link><description><![CDATA["Thou wert not, Solomon! in all thy glory Array'd," the lilies cry, "in robes like ours;  How vain your grandeur! Ah, how transitory   Are human flowers!"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But who will watch my lilies, When their blossoms open white?  By day the sun shall be sentry,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25096]]></link><description><![CDATA[But who will watch my lilies, When their blossoms open white?  By day the sun shall be sentry,   And the moon and the stars by night!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like not lady-slippers, Not yet the sweet-pea blossoms,  Not yet the flaky roses,   Red or white ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25077]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like not lady-slippers, Not yet the sweet-pea blossoms,  Not yet the flaky roses,   Red or white as snow;    I like the chaliced lilies,     The heavy Eastern lilies,      The gorgeous tiger-lilies,       That in our garden grow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25078]]></link><description><![CDATA[And why take ye thought for raiment? 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.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . Purple lilies Dante blew To a larger bubble with his prophet breath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25079]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . Purple lilies Dante blew To a larger bubble with his prophet breath.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And lilies white, prepared to touch The whitest thought, nor soil it much,  Of dreamer turned to lover. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25080]]></link><description><![CDATA[And lilies white, prepared to touch The whitest thought, nor soil it much,  Of dreamer turned to lover.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Very whitely still The lilies of our lives may reassure  Their blossoms from their roots, accessible   Alone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Very whitely still The lilies of our lives may reassure  Their blossoms from their roots, accessible   Alone to heavenly dews that drop not fewer;    Growing straight out of man's reach, on the hill.     God only, who made us rich, can make us poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish I were the lily's leaf To fade upon that bosom warm,  Content to wither, pale and brief, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25082]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish I were the lily's leaf To fade upon that bosom warm,  Content to wither, pale and brief,   The trophy of thy paler form.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the stately lilies stand Fair in the silvery light,  Like saintly vestals, pale in prayer;   Their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25083]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the stately lilies stand Fair in the silvery light,  Like saintly vestals, pale in prayer;   Their pure breath sanctifies the air,    As its fragrance fills the night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet, the great ocean hath no tone of power Mightier to reach the soul, in thought's hushed hour,  Than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet, the great ocean hath no tone of power Mightier to reach the soul, in thought's hushed hour,  Than yours, ye Lilies! chosen thus and graced!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And lilies are still lilies, pulled By smutty hands, though spotted from their white. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16246]]></link><description><![CDATA[And lilies are still lilies, pulled By smutty hands, though spotted from their white.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16246</guid></item></channel></rss>