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TIGER-LILIES, by                    
First Line: The angle is inside the curve, but none
Last Line: Silly, but after all, why should we mind it?
Subject(s): Tiger Lilies


The angle is inside the curve, but none
Is sure the middle of the corner's there;
The primrose path seems momentarily gone,
But we shall see what tiger-lilies wear.
Who will have enemas must hang the bag
High up, and fill it with not too hot water.
There was a day when nothing but a rag
Was worn by her dark crimson-petalled daughter:
But now the fashion changes, and we see
Slacks and deep scarlet stained-nails abound.
Nothing has been but it shall sometime be,
For Aristophanes said we were round.
It is a silly fable if you find it
Silly, but after all, why should we mind it?





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