The Lily that Cares
By Mike Hall – My wife’s Nursing School Symbol included a Lily – this is for her and my many nurse friends like Nurse Susie – who makes me smile with her humor and with whom I share a musical bond. To all of the nurses among my friends and contacts – I hold you in the highest esteem.
Sweetest of the flowers a blooming
In the fragrant vernal days,
Is the Lily-of-the-Valley
With its soft retiring ways.
Well, you chose this humble blossom,
As the Nurse’s emblem flower
Who grows more like her idea
Every day and every hour
Like the Lily-of-the-Valley
In her honesty and worth -
Oh! She blooms in truth and virtue
In the humble works of earth.
Though she stands erect in honor
When the heart of mankind bleeds,
Still she hides her own deserving
In the beauty of her deeds.
In the silence and the darkness,
When no eye may see or know,
There her footsteps shod with mercy
and fleet kindness, come and go.
Not amid the sound of plaudits,
Not before the garish day;
Does she shed her soul’s sweet perfume,
Does she take her gentle way.
But alike her ideal flower,
With its honey-laden breath;
Still her heart blooms forth its beauty
In the valley shades of death.
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I think it is really good!
aww sweet as a nut hun ur poetry will go far
Sounds like a lot of sentiment was written into this verse. It’s very good.
Awwwww, Mike! That is sooo sweet!
We also carried Lilies and a Bible at our capping ceremony!
I love being a nurses and am sooo grateful for the opportunity to care for others!
Love sharing music and funnies with you too my dear friend!!
That is lovely Mike, well done to ya for writing such a beautiful poem
I dont think nurses get enough credit for what they do and all the long hours they work.
Hey Mike. I think you did a wonderful job with this one!
I appreciate nurses so much, as someone who has been a patient, as well as for how many times my Mother has been hospitalized over the past year. They are very special people.
Very good poem and goes to show you that nurses have a hard job to do.
Wonderful.
Well said my friend. My mother was a nurse for over 30 yrs and i really dont think people comprehend what they go through on a daily basis assissting people that are not well, that are injured, that they form a bond sometimes with those they know in their head that they will not be going home.