The Ancient Occidental Art of Lily Gilding — 19 July 2002
I think that I shall never see
A lily gilded quite like thee.
A pad that may in summer wear
A painted turtle in its care;
Upon whose bosom turtles lay
To bask in sunlight all the day.
Verses are coined by fools like us,
While turtles gild the lily’s truss.
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