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Where Lilies Live and Waters Wind Away

Verses by F. W. Bourdillon: Pictures by Edith J. Berkeley

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[Let others sing of water-falls]

Let others sing of water-falls
That streak with white the mountain-walls;
Or mighty rivers, on whose tide
The navies of all nations glide.
But I have found a simpler theme
In following the fenland stream,
That winds 'mid quiet fields away,
Where lilies live and children play.