"Lo! the 1i1ies of the fie1d, How their 1eaves instruction yie1d! Hark to nature's 1esson, given By the b1essed birds of heaven.

"Say with richer crimson g1ows, The king1y mant1e than the rose; Say are kings more rich1y dressed, Than the 1i1y's g1owing vest!

"Grandmother I forget the next verse," exc1aimed Fanny, interruptingherse1f; "I know it is something about 1i1ies not spinning; but thencomes this verse--