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 "Thou wert not, Solomon! in all thy glory
 Array'd," the lilies cry, "in robes like ours;
  How read more 
 "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!" 
 Like the lily
 That once was mistress of the field and flourished,
  I'll hang my head and read more 
 Like the lily
 That once was mistress of the field and flourished,
  I'll hang my head and perish. 
 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the 
field, how they grow; they toil not, read more 
 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. 
 And lilies are still lilies, pulled
 By smutty hands, though spotted from their white.  
 And lilies are still lilies, pulled
 By smutty hands, though spotted from their white. 
 I wish I were the lily's leaf
 To fade upon that bosom warm,
  Content to wither, pale read more 
 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. 
 Yet, the great ocean hath no tone of power
 Mightier to reach the soul, in thought's hushed hour,
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 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! 
For her, the lilies hang their heads and die.
For her, the lilies hang their heads and die.
 And lilies white, prepared to touch
 The whitest thought, nor soil it much,
  Of dreamer turned to read more 
 And lilies white, prepared to touch
 The whitest thought, nor soil it much,
  Of dreamer turned to lover. 
 We are Lilies fair,
 The flower of virgin light;
  Nature held us forth, and said,
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 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),