Living
Find Me a Stem of the Tiger Lily
From Rhymes and Jingles (1875)
Living
Sunlight or starlight,
Tilly, my nilly,
Find me a stem
Of the tiger-lily;
I'll fill it full
From the fountain there
And spirt the water
Over your hair!
Cite this poem
MLA
Dodge, Mary Mapes. “Find Me a Stem of the Tiger Lily.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/15/.
Chicago
Dodge, Mary Mapes. “Find Me a Stem of the Tiger Lily.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/15/.
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