Show t t C 1 i The Lily and the Violet A Lily ply stood on a stem alone pure an and cold and fair Her proud head was raised in the morns morn's soft light r And Arid her bosom white snow-white and bare The rh golden calyx from out her breast rose in the suns sun's soft ray i t tAnd And she gazed afar at the fleeting clouds And sighed for love alack a day c And signed for love alack a day J I f And mod modest st Violet knelt on oti on the bank close where the Lily grew t And the dew like a tear bedimmed his eves J 7 JY Y As he gazed at the c golden garden hue Look not t at the sky for love sweet maid maid maid- See how the fickle clouds fl fleet t by J 1 t J a A Bend your proud head and take my love ove I v vI I give you mine alack a day I give you yuu mine alack a day j. j 3 x 1 Alas for the Lily with breast of snow X Alas for the Violet so modest and true J t He could not raise raise his sad face to her side f L 1 She would not bend her proud head so low 0 Y And the fickle clouds g gathered fierce and strong J Then bur burst t the storm oer o'er the place where they grew grew o And both lay dead alack a day As le the loves loves o r th they t sought ugh a alack a d day M Minnie Palmer k HJ f irlA Jr a 1 i I g M iJ |