I fain would sleep; Take thou the vanguard of the three, And hide me by the braken bush That grows on yonder lilye lea.
The Carmen de Moribus bears Lilye's name in the early editions; but Hearne asserts that it was written by Leland, who was one of his scholars, and that Lilye only adapted it.
In 1510 Colet, dean of St Paul's, who was then founding the school which afterwards became famous, appointed Lilye the first high master.
Besides the Brevissima Institutio, Lilye wrote a variety of Latin pieces both in prose and Verse.
Lilye is famous not only as one of the pioneers of Greek learning, but as one of the joint-authors of a book, familiar to many generations of students during the 19th century, the old Eton Latin grammar.
Or my arm a lady's lilye hand, That an English lord should lightly me!
My wound is deep; I fain would sleep; Take thou the vanguard of the three, And hide me by the braken bush, That grows on yonder lilye lee.
Thou shalt not yield to lord nor loun, Nor yet shalt thou yield to me; But yield thee to the braken bush, That grows upon yon lilye lee!
Or my arm a ladye’s lilye hand, That an English lord should lightly[1170] me!
What’s fairer than the lilye flower On this wee know[352] that grows?
Thou shalt not yield to lord nor loun, 125 Nor yet shalt thou yield to me; But yield thee to the braken bush, That grows upon yon lilye lee.
What's fairer than the lilye flower "On this wee know[B] that grows?
Then when they reacht the lilye maid, 'Behold thy comlye knight!
A lilye maid with cheekes all pale, And garments whyte, and snowy veil, Shee bitterly did weepe and wail.
His ancient wounds their scars expand, With agony his heart is wrung: O where is Isolde's lilye hand, And where her soothing tongue?
No art the poison might withstand; No medicine could be found, Till lovely Isolde's lilyehand Had probed the rankling wound.
Taking the lilye for the emblem of France, can there be a more plain prophecy of the murder of her monarch, the destruction of her nobility, and the desolation of her hierarchy?
Thou shall not yield to lord or loun, Nor yet shalt thou yield to me; But yield ye to the brarken bush That grows upon yon lilye lee!
Or my arm a ladye's lilye hand, That an English lord should lightly[164] me!
At Kershope foot the tryst was set, Kershope of the lilye lee; And there was traitor Sim o' the Mains, And with him a private companie.
Thou shalt not yield to lord nor loun, Nor yet shalt thou yield to me; But yield thee to the braken-bush, That grows upon yon lilye lee!
At Kershope foot the tryst was set, Kershope of the lilye lee; And there was traitour Sim o' the Mains, With him a private companie.
Or my arm a lady's lilye hand, That an English lord should lightly me?
What's fairer than the lilye flower On this wee know that grows?
Thou shalt not yield to lord or loon, Nor yet shalt thou yield to me, But thou shalt yield to the bracken bush That grows on yon lilye lea.
My wound is deep, I fain wad sleep; Take thou the vanguard of the three, And hide me by the bracken bush That grows on yonder lilye lea.
My wound is deep; I fain would sleep, Take thou the vanguard of the three, And hide me by the bracken bush, That grows on yonder lilye lee.
Or my arm a ladye's lilye hand, That an English lord should lightly me!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lilye" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
