The Lily

Songs of Innocence and of Experience, 1794

The modest Rose puts forth a thorn,The humble sheep a threat’ning horn:While the Lily white shall in love delight,Nor a thorn nor a threat stain her beauty bright.

From Songs of Innocence and of Experience, via the English Wikisource transcription (1826 edition).

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