Burning Quote by Francis Thompson

And the stately lilies stand Fair in the silvery light, Like saintly vestals, pale in prayer; Their pure breath sanctifies the air, As its…

— Julia Caroline Dorr

And there you are on the shore, fitful and thoughtful, trying to attach them to an idea — some news of your own life.…

— Mary Oliver

“From the Garden” Come, my beloved, consider the lilies. We are of little faith. We talk too much. Put your mouthful of words away…

— Anne Sexton

Look to the lilies how they grow! 'Twas thus the Saviour said, that we, Even in the simplest flowers that blow, God's ever-watchful care…

— David Macbeth Moir

Had it lived long, is would have been Lilies without, roses within.

— Andrew Marvell

And lilies are still lilies, pulled By smutty hands, though spotted from their white.

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“Bewildered by their altered condition they immediately tried to supply the lost covering artificially, even as their descendants have ever since been doing. For…

— G.H. Pember

“Gnats drifted on the same warm summer breeze that saw colorful paper lanterns swaying on their strings. Lily of the valley filled jam jars…

— Anouska Knight

In my garden the winds have beaten the ripe lilies; in my garden, the salt has wilted the first flakes of young narcissus.

— Hilda Doolittle

“The lilies signify my faith and the tulips symbolize…” Dark chocolate eyes locked with mine and I swear to Christ, they fucking bled red.…

— K. Langston

“Beyond these the flowers were more frequent, but paler, less glossy, more thickly seeded, more tightly folded, and disposed, by accident, in festoons so…

— Marcel Proust

Very whitely still The lilies of our lives may reassure Their blossoms from their roots, accessible Alone to heavenly dews that drop not fewer;…

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning