| William Wilfred Campbell, comp. The Oxford Book of Canadian Verse. 1913. | | | | The Water-lily | | By Theodore Harding Rand (1835–1900) |
| | | PURE lily, open on the breast | |
| Of toiling waters’ much unrest, | |
| Thy simple soul mounts up in worship | |
| Like ecstasy of a spirit blest! | |
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| Thy wealth of ivory and gold, | 5 |
| All that thou hast, thou dost unfold! | |
| Fixed in the unseen thy life breathes upward | |
| A heavenly essence from out earth’s mould. | |
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| Now comes the chill and dusk of night,— | |
| Folds up thy precious gold and white! | 10 |
| Thy casket sinks within veiled bosom, | |
| To ope the richer in morrow’s light. | | | | |
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