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Sir William rose to stand by the window, and his gaze softened towards the sunlit meadows where buttercups swayed with daisies, and blue flower-de-luce quivered in the wind.

Both are related to the flower-de-luce, the stately lily of France.

It is uncertain whether the conventional fleur-de-lis was originally meant to represent the lily or white iris—the flower-de-luce of Shakespeare—or an arrow-head, a spear-head, an amulet fastened on date-palms to ward off the evil eye, &c.

When the Iberian quaked, her worthies named; And the fair flower-de-luce grew pale, set by The red rose and the white!

The court will rest from chase in this smooth glade That slopes to meet yon little rushy stream, Where in the shallows nod the arrow-heads, And the blue flower-de-luce's banners gleam.