Water-Lily and reflection
The White Water-Lily is the Queen of the Waves, and reigns sole sovereign over the streams; and it was a species of water-lily which the old Egyptians and ancient Indians worshiped – the most beautiful object that was held sacred in their superstitious creed, and one which we cannot look upon even now without feeling a delight mingled with reverence. No flower looks more lovely than this “Lady of The Lake,” resting her crowned head on a green throne of velvet, and looking down into the depths of her own sky-reflecting realms, watching the dance, as her attendant water-nymphs keep time to the rocking of the ripples, and the dreamy swaying of the trailing water-stems.
— The Pilgrimage of Love, by Thomas Miller.
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Water-Lily and reflection
The White Water-Lily is the Queen of the Waves, and reigns sole sovereign over the streams; and it was a species of water-lily which the old Egyptians and ancient Indians worshiped – the most beautiful object that was held sacred in their superstitious creed, and one which we cannot look upon even now without feeling a delight mingled with reverence. No flower looks more lovely than this “Lady of The Lake,” resting her crowned head on a green throne of velvet, and looking down into the depths of her own sky-reflecting realms, watching the dance, as her attendant water-nymphs keep time to the rocking of the ripples, and the dreamy swaying of the trailing water-stems.
— The Pilgrimage of Love, by Thomas Miller.
(Source: faeryhearts)