126 Lily and Water-Lily.

 

water, and swans swimming proudly below, such as
he had never dreamed of ; and the rivers ran through
great towns, where many men walked to and fro, and
great churches shot their spires and domes into the
air; and wherever men had not spoiled the fair water,
ie fairy’s lilies floated still upon its breast. Beneath
grey skies and blue the rivers ran, and where the air