mountain-lilies

Updated: June 23, 2025

Gregory would have made a remark; but she said, without noticing: "There are as many kinds of loves as there are flowers; everlastings that never wither; speedwells that wait for the wind to fan them out of life; blood-red mountain-lilies that pour their voluptuous sweetness out for one day, and lie in the dust at night.

Olive Schreiner - The Story of an African Farm, a novel