lily-pots

Updated: August 10, 2026

In that house a special love for lilies was evident, for there were whole clumps of them, both white and red; and, finally, sapphire irises, whose delicate leaves were as if silvered from the spray of the fountain. Among the moist mosses, in which lily-pots were hidden, and among the bunches of lilies were little bronze statues representing children and water-birds.

Henryk Sienkiewicz - Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero