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LILIES OF WHITE by UNNUR BENEDIKTDOTTIR

First Line: LILIES OF WHITE IN A NOON-DAY DREAM
Last Line: WITH WONDER AND PRAYER AND YEARNING.

LILIES of white in a noon-day dream
Lift lashes of wondering eyes,
And breathe their scent at my window-sill
Like a lover's passionate sighs.

I sit and gaze at the summer light
In the violet heavens burning --
And think of an eye that is lit for me
With wonder and prayer and yearning.



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