Walter Crane

“ A whispered word among them goes
Of how the Lily flouts the Rose,
[Pg 8]
Suitors for Summer’s favor dear,
To win the crown of all the year—
And how each champion brave would fight,
Queen Summer to decide the right. ”

“ Life & Love close linked together,
And strong to bear times’ wintry weather
[Pg 28]
Love not consumed in passion’s heart
But golden flamed & stedfast, sweet:
[Pg 29]
Time’s snows shall quench not, though they hide:
Each spring renews the rosy tide ”

“ Each lover in his lady’s face
Sees roses blent with lilies’ grace:
[Pg 31]
The poet & the painter praise
This heraldry of summer days;
[Pg 32]
And every garden sweet that blows
Doth set the Lily by the Rose. ”