The Poems of Goethe, Translated in the Original Metres Papyras Classics

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Chapter 36

The Lily

The rose is wont with pride to swell,

And ever seeks to rise;
But gentle sweethearts love full well

The lily's charms to prize,
The heart that fills a bosom true,
That is, like me, unsullied too,

My merit values duly.