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"THE LILY BELLS ARE WET WITH DEW."
(_To the Editor of the Mirror._)
Sir,--I have taken the liberty of transmitting to you a piece of a Latin
ode, which appears to me to be the original of the song--"The lily bells
are wet with dew," in Miss Mitford's "Dramatic Scenes," which appeared
in your miscellany of June 23, 1827.
It is copied from an old book published in the year 1697, by Charles
Elford, entitled "Gemmae Poetarum."
If you think it worthy insertion, I should feel obliged by its
appearance. Yours respectfully,