Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 859
By Mildred Howells. Once on a time, so it is said, There nourished an ill-tempered lily That pushed the pink from the garden bedInto the pathway, willy-nilly. 4 It loved at night within its cupTo prison bumblebees unwary, Until the sun in wrath rose upAnd forced its petals, so contrary. … The gardener wise, much put about,Scolded in vain. His counsel spurning, It rudely stuck its stamens out, Each mocking petal upward turning. But every action leaves its trace,And, stained with vicious deeds andsilly, The flower with anger-reddened faceBecame a raging tiger-lily.
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