So now, I simply look at it and don't touch. I'm not sure if everyone is as sensitive to the plant as I am, but I'm just putting it out there. I still love the tiny little flower. :)
And the Naiad-like lily of the vale, Whom youth makes so fair and passion so pale, That the light of its tremulous bells is seen, Through their pavilions of tender green. - Percy Bysshe Shelley
And in his left he held a basket full Of all sweet herbs that searching eye could cull Wild thyme, and valley-lilies whiter still Than Leda's love, and cresses from the rill. - John Keats,
"I would far rather have two or three lilies of the valley gathered for me by a person I like, than the most expensive bouquet that could be bought."
Elizabeth Gaskell
Today's Pick
The splendor of the rose and the whitness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it’s scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its lovliness.” Therese of Lisieux
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. Bible