Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE VIOLET, by JANE TAYLOR


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THE VIOLET, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Down in a green and shady bed
Last Line: In sweet humility.
Subject(s): Flowers; Violets


DOWN in a green and shady bed,
A modest violet grew;
Its stalk was bent, it hung its head
As if to hide from view.

And yet it was a lovely flower,
Its colour bright and fair;
It might have graced a rosy bower,
Instead of hiding there.

Yet thus it was content to bloom,
In modest tints arrayed;
And there diffused a sweet perfume,
Within the silent shade.

Then let me to the valley go
This pretty flower to see;
That I may also learn to grow
In sweet humility.






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