Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922.
Flag (Iris)
The yellow flags***would stand
Up to their chins in water.
Jean Ingelow—Song of the Night Watches. Watch I.
And nearer to the river’s trembling edge
There grew broad flag-flowers, purple, prankt with white;
And starry river buds among the sedge;
And floating water-lilies, broad and bright.
Shelley—The Question.