Daylily

It is not growing like a tree

in bulk doth make man better be;

Or standing long an oak, three hundred year,

To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere,

A lily of a day

is fairer in May

Although it fall and die that night,

It was the plant of flower and light,

In small proportions we just beauties see;

And in short measures, life may perfect be.

– Benjamin Johnson

Linking to Kim Klassen's Texture Tuesday

The Rainy Day texture was used on the photo above.