LILY AND WATER-LILY.

—_—oe

THE WHITE LILY.

iE a land a long way off, that nobody knows the

name of, and that nobody has ever been able
to find again when once they have lost the road to it,
the flowers of the earth have spirits within them, that
can talk to the hearts of children who listen.

Every flower that blows has a home in that
country.

On the mossy banks beneath the chestnut woods
yellow primroses and sweet violets and little blue
hepaticas make a beautiful pattern on the green turf,
while the white star of Bethlehem smiles from among
its delicate leaves above them; and out upon the