Saw a boy three lilies white, <br />Lilies in the river, <br />Half heart-open to the light, <br />Full of golden arrows bright, <br />Each a silver quiver. <br />Lilies, lilies, lilies white, <br />Lilies in the river. <br /> <br />Said the boy, “I’ll pluck you there, <br />Lilies in the river!” <br />Said the lilies, “If you dare <br />You shall drown, or homeward fare <br />Dripping and a-shiver!” <br />Lilies, lilies, lilies white, <br />Lilies in the river. <br /> <br />Wilful still the boy would clasp <br />Lilies in the river; <br />Tumbled in ere he could grasp, <br />Scrambled out with puff and gasp, <br />Plucked no lilies ever. <br />Lilies, lilies, lilies white, <br />Lilies in the river.<br /><br />Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/river-lilies/
