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The Lily of the Valley
By George Croly (17801860)
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Thy cloistered cheek as pale as moonlight snow,
Thou seem’st beneath thy huge high leaf of green,
An eremite beneath his mountain’s brow.
The broken spirit that its anguish bears
To silent shades, and there sits offering
To Heaven the holy fragrance of its tears.