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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BAY VIOLETS, by SISTER MARIS STELLA Poet's Biography
First Line: Then, like a miracle, the violets came out
Last Line: The children never forget them. They can never forget.
Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Alice Gustava
Subject(s): Flowers; Violets
First Line: Then, like a miracle, the violets came out
Last Line: The children never forget them. They can never forget.
Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Alice Gustava
Subject(s): Flowers; Violets
Then, like a miracle, the violets came out
All around the bay. Up to the very door
The lovely, heart-shaped leaves had spread, without
The children's notice, at least not before
The violets had begun to open their eyes
Back in the woods, by the shore, at the spring, everywhere.
One day they took the children by surprise:
Bright clumps of yellow violets, and rare
White violets growing, damp and cool as dew;
Deep purple violets, crowding thick and sweet,
Covering the ground with purple, and great blue
Meadow violets with leaves like meadowlark's feet.
The whole bay was scented with violets. Even yet
The children never forget them. They can never forget.
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