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And in his left he held a basket fullThan Leda's love, and cresses from the rill.
— Lily-of-the-Valley
And in his left he held a basket fullThan Leda's love, and cresses from the rill.
Where scattered wild the Lily of the ValeIts balmy essence breathes.
And leaves of that shy plant,Her pensive beauty; from the breeze her sweets.
The lily of the vale, of flowers the queen,Puts on the robe she neither sew'd nor spun.
White bud! that in meek beauty dost lean An Eremite beneath his mountain's brow.
And the Naiad-like lily of the vale,Through their pavilions of tender green.
