Flower-de-Luce

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Flower-de-Luce by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Beautiful lily, dwelling by still rivers,
&nbsp Or solitary mere,
Or where the sluggish meadow-brook delivers
&nbsp Its waters to the weir!

Thou laughest at the mill, the whir and worry
&nbsp Of spindle and of loom,
And the great wheel that toils amid the hurry
&nbsp And rushing of the flame.

Born in the purple, born to joy and pleasance,
&nbsp Thou dost not toil nor spin,
But makest glad and radiant with thy presence
&nbsp The meadow and the lin.

The wind blows, and uplifts thy drooping banner,
&nbsp And round thee throng and run
The rushes, the green yeomen of thy manor,
&nbsp The outlaws of the sun.

The burnished dragon-fly is thine attendant,
&nbsp And tilts against the field,
And down the listed sunbeam rides resplendent
&nbsp With steel-blue mail and shield.

Thou art the Iris, fair among the fairest,
&nbsp Who, armed with golden rod
And winged with the celestial azure, bearest
&nbsp The message of some God.

Thou art the Muse, who far from crowded cities
&nbsp Hauntest the sylvan streams,
Playing on pipes of reed the artless ditties
&nbsp That come to us as dreams.

O flower-de-luce, bloom on, and let the river
&nbsp Linger to kiss thy feet!
O flower of song, bloom on, and make forever
&nbsp The world more fair and sweet.

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