“One hand was behind his back, and he held it out, presenting a bouquet of white and smoky purple lilies. "They're straight from the underworld, by the way. They are everlasting. They won't die."” WayHandsDiesWhiteBehindsLustEverlastingPurpleLiliesPresentingUnderworldBouquets Book:Business Plan: Building Brand Identity: An Indie Author's Advertising Plan Source: Business Plan: Building Brand Identity: An Indie Author's Advertising Plan
“We who with songs beguile your pilgrimage And swear that Beauty lives though lilies die, We Poets of the proud old lineage Who sing to find your hearts, we know not why What shall we tell you? Tales, marvellous tales Of ships and stars and isles where good men rest.” KnowsMenHeartSongDiesStarsPoetProudTalesShipsGood ManSwearLiliesPilgrimageBeauty Of LifeMarvellousIsleLineage Author:James Elroy Flecker
“Set NOT your hearts on the flowers of this world. They shall fade and die. Prize the Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the Valley. He changes not! Live nearer to Christ than to any person on this earth; so that when they are taken, you may have Him to love and lean upon.” WorldHeartMayPersonsEarthDiesChristTakenThis WorldFlowerRosePrizeValleysFadesLiliesSharon Author:Robert M
“O Prosperina, For the flowers now that, frighted, thou let'st fall From Dis's wagon; daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty; violets dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes Or Cytherea's breath; pale primroses, That die unmarried, ere they can behold Bright Phoebus in his strength--a malady Most incident to maids; bold oxlips and The crown imperial; lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one.” KindEyeDiesFallWindFlowerBreathsDareAll KindsMarchPaleCrownsVioletIncidentsLiliesMaidsWagonsMaladyUnmarriedDaffodil Author:William Shakespeare
“The summer's flow'r is to the summer sweet, Though to itself it only live and die' But if that flow'r with base infection meet, The basest weed outbraves his dignity: For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds.” IfsDiesTurnsSweetSummerFlowDignityDeedsSmellWeedSweetestLiliesInfectionFrailty Author:William Shakespeare