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CONSIDER THE LILIES by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: TIS NOT THE RADIANT STAR ABOVE
Last Line: THAN E'ER WAS WEDDED UNTO SOUND.
Subject(s): FLOWERS; LILIES; SILENCE;
'Tis not the radiant star above
That breathes for me the lore of love
As doth the dewy censer sweet
That heaven enkindles at my feet.

Yea, more for me of tenderness
Is uttered in the mute caress
Upon these moistened petals found
Than e'er was wedded unto sound.



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