Friday, October 8, 2010

The Lily Comments

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How wither'd, perish'd, seems the form
Of yon obscure unsightly root!
Yet from the blight of wintry storm
It hides secure the precious fruit.
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Mary Tighe
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Elizabeth De Boo 22 June 2019

And ignorance, with septic eye, Hope's patient smile shall wond'ring view; Or mock her fond credulity, As hersofttearsthe spot bedew; I do not understand this verse?

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Mary Ryan 10 November 2018

A truly beautiful poem from the pen of Irish poet Mary Tighe, describing a white lily. She writes with the eye and soul of a great artist.

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