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Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

The Lilies of France

Louise Ayres Garnett

FRANCE’S lilies are tall and white,

Brave as the dawn, calm as the night;

And fragrantly they sway above

The quiet head of one I love.

Unceasingly these fadeless flowers

Hasten their bloom through the war-swept hours,

And many a lad shall have their foam

Washing with peace his new-found home.

O France’s lilies are tall with pride,

Flooding the slopes of the western side.

It comforts me they sway above

The quiet head of one I love.