Poems (Dudley)/Lilies

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LILIES.
FIVE beautiful lilies,—two in the charm
 Of perfected and glorious bloom,
And three in the exquisite mystery
 Of a budded, immaculate gloom,—

Have come to me, fragrant with kindly regard,
 Through a hand that was daintily small,
With pink in its tips and a prayer in its pose;—
 Fitting vase for the lily stem tall!

I marked its uplifting,—the curve of the arm
 Was the curve of a sculptor's delight;—
The dimple of joint and the fingers' light clasp
 On the fragrance embodied in white.

O tropical lily buds! Exquisite dust,
 So peerlessly blooming for me,
I banish my sadness and bury my care
 And I bloom again—bloom unto thee!

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