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 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. 
 Gracious as sunshine, sweet as dew
 Shut in a lily's golden core.  
 Gracious as sunshine, sweet as dew
 Shut in a lily's golden core. 
 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), 
 Is not this lily pure?
 What fuller can procure
  A white so perfect, spotless clear
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 Is not this lily pure?
 What fuller can procure
  A white so perfect, spotless clear
   As in this flower doth appear? 
 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. 
 But lilies, stolen from grassy mold,
 No more curled state unfold,
  Translated to a vase of gold;
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 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. 
 But who will watch my lilies,
 When their blossoms open white?
  By day the sun shall be read more 
 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! 
 . . . Purple lilies Dante blew
 To a larger bubble with his prophet breath.  
 . . . Purple lilies Dante blew
 To a larger bubble with his prophet breath.