Raise the lily flowers high

 Raise the lily flowers high

Dr Abe V Rotor

     White lily (Fleur de liz), emblem of Saint Paul of Chartres congregation

When the world is down and one looks up to heaven,

Many hands, big and small, raise the lily flowers high;

When the path is thorny and rough and uncertain,

Flowering lilies near and far take away your sigh.

And when the summer sun torches the earth dry,

Lilies bloom while other creatures go to sleep,

In pure delight offer the world in war and grief,

Hope and peace, and comfort for those who weep. ~