The little wanderers willingly stopped in the shade of these tapestries embroidered with purple flowers and Lilies, which with the leaves provided food for the horses.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
His analysis and interpretation of the play runs somewhat as follows: In a spacious marble hall, decorated with laurel bushes, lavender plants, and Lilies in porcelain vases, is a white marble staircase with seven steps, on which seven white-robed princesses are lying, one on each step, sleeping on cushions of pale silk.
"Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck"
Jethro Bithell
Lilies of the valley, sweet-peas, and summer roses fell about her soft dark hair.
"Girls of the Forest"
L. T. Meade