In Cornwall and Across the Sea With Poems Written in Devonshire. By Douglas B. W. Sladen |
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THE LEGEND OF THE LILY AND THE ROSE.
SUGGESTED BY A PARAGRAPH OF THE LATE REV. R. S. HAWKER.
Do you know the old tradition
Which would look on every Rose,
With its thorny crown as emblem
Of the Christ who bore our woes,
Whatsoever be its colour,
Whatsoever shape it grows?
Which would look on every Rose,
With its thorny crown as emblem
Of the Christ who bore our woes,
Whatsoever be its colour,
Whatsoever shape it grows?
And the Lilies of the valley,
And the Lilies of the lake,
And the Lilies of the garden,
Or whatever form they take,
As the emblems of the Mother
Who bore travail for his sake?
And the Lilies of the lake,
And the Lilies of the garden,
Or whatever form they take,
As the emblems of the Mother
Who bore travail for his sake?
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You may talk of Tudor Roses,
And of France's Fleur-de-lys,
Or the Lotus of old Egypt,
But these flow'rs will ever be
Just the types of the sweet Saviour,
And his Mother mild to me.
And of France's Fleur-de-lys,
Or the Lotus of old Egypt,
But these flow'rs will ever be
Just the types of the sweet Saviour,
And his Mother mild to me.
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