Read full poem →With all the winds at play,
And there's the Lenten lily
That has not long to stay
Dictionary Entry
Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. lilysaid lilypads lilylily waterlily whitelily said
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Poetry examples for “lily”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →It gleamed and glittered,
A tall white lily,
Under the eye of the golden moon.
Read full poem →Points of orange, spirals of vermilion,
The spotted gold of tiger-lily petals,
The loud pink of bursting hydrangeas.
Read full poem →With the front of my steel,
And your lily-white skin
Shall be printed with me.
Read full poem →Scorching against the blue flame of the sky.
Brown lily-pads lie heavy and supine
Within a granite basin, under one
Read full poem →O odours of new-budding rose,
O lily’s chaste perfume,
O fragrance that didst first unclose
Read full poem →In me and her sensation strange!
The lily grew to pendent head,
To vernal airs the mossy bank
Read full poem →To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere:
A lily of a day
Is fairer far in May,
Read full poem →To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sear:
A lily of a day
Is fairer far, in May,