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VIOLET: 2. CHRISTMAS-EVE by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS

Poet Analysis

First Line: APRIL-HEARTED VIOLET
Last Line: INTO FLOWER.
Subject(s): CHRISTMAS; FLOWERS; LOVE; VIOLETS; NATIVITY, THE;

April-hearted Violet,
Was it April when we met?
Winter comes, but April violets
Linger yet.

So the fancy of an hour,
Born of sudden sun and shower,
Braves the winter, and has blossomed
Into flower.



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