"There is a garden in her eyes where roses and white lilies flow."
"But who will watch my lilies, When their blossoms open white? By day the sun shall be sentry, And the moon and the stars by night!"
"The rose is the flower and handmaiden of love - the lily, her fair associate, is the emblem of beauty and purity."
"And the stately lilies stand Fair in the silvery light, Like saintly vestals, pale in prayer; Their pure breath sanctifies the air, As its fragrance fills the night."
"Is not this lily pure? What fuller can procure A white so perfect, spotless clear As in this flower doth appear?"
"A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be."
"A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is."
"When a baby comes you can smell two things: the smell of flesh, which smells like chicken soup, and the smell of lilies, the flower of another garden, the spiritual garden."
"In a marshland amongst the crocodiles, there float beautiful water lilies! Even in the Hell, one can find the good and the beauty."
"Now folds the lily all her sweetness up, And slips into the bosom of the lake; So fold thyself, my dearest, thou, and slip Into my bosom, and be lost in me."
"The modest Rose puts forth a thorn, The humble sheep a threat'ning horn: While the Lily white shall in love delight, Nor a thorn nor a threat stain her beauty bright."
"O lovely lily clean, O lily springing green, O lily bursting white, Dear lily of delight, Spring in my heart agen That I may flower to men."
"I remained lost in oblivion; My face I reclined on the Beloved. All ceased and I abandoned myself, leaving my cares forgotten among the lilies."
