Lilies Quotes - Page 2
And lilies are still lilies, pulled By smutty hands, though spotted from their white.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1872). “Poetical Works”, p.369
Jessica Day George (2012). “Princess of the Silver Woods”, p.181, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Like the lily That once was mistress of the field and flourished, I'll hang my head and perish.
William Shakespeare, George Steevens (1831). “The Dramatic Works”, p.130
Christina Rossetti (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)”, p.266, Delphi Classics
The lily is all in white, like a saint, And so is no mate for me.
Thomas Hood (1871). “The poetical works of Thomas Hood, ed. by W.M. Rossetti”, p.220
Edith Wharton (2016). “The House of Mirth: Edith Wharton”, p.33, VM eBooks
1812 In the Christian Observer, Apr.
All the pictures on the walls, they all white as lilies and smiling like alligators.
Charlaine Harris (2002). “Living Dead in Dallas: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel”, p.18, Penguin
Rejoice with the day lily for it is born for a day to live by the mailbox and glorify the roadside
Anne Sexton (1974). “The death notebooks”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
From the sprinkled isles, Lily on lily, that o'erlace the sea.
Robert Browning, John Woolford, Daniel Karlin (1991). “The Poems of Browning: 1826-1840”, p.46, Pearson Education
Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.849, Wordsworth Editions
Purple lilies Dante blew To a larger bubble with his prophet breath.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1857). “Aurora Leigh. Author's ed”, p.279