Saw a boy three lilies white,
Lilies in the river,
Half heart-open to the light,
Full of golden arrows bright,
Each a silver quiver.
Lilies, lilies, lilies white,
Lilies in the river.
Said the boy, -I-ll pluck you there,
Lilies in the river!â?
Said the lilies, -If you dare
You shall drown, or homeward fare
Dripping and a-shiver!â?
Lilies, lilies, lilies white,
Lilies in the river.
Wilful still the boy would clasp
Lilies in the river;
Tumbled in ere he could grasp,
Scrambled out with puff and gasp,
Plucked no lilies ever.
Lilies, lilies, lilies white,
Lilies in the river.
River Lilies
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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