Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONNET TO A VIOLET, by SUSAN EVANCE


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SONNET TO A VIOLET, by                    
First Line: Spring's sweet attendant! Modest simple flower
Last Line: These bloom to charm -- that, hid -- neglected dies.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hooper, Susan Evance
Subject(s): Flowers; Violets


Spring's sweet attendant! modest simple flower,
Whose soft retiring charms the woods adorn,
How often have I wandered at that hour,
When first appear the rosy tints of morn,
To the wild brook -- there, upon mossy ground,
Thy velvet form all beautiful to view;
To catch thy breath that steals delicious round,
And mark thy pensive smile through tears of dew:
But then I sigh that other violets bloom,
Unseen, in wilds where footstep never trod,
Find unadmired, unnoticed, there a tomb,
And mingle silent with the grassy sod;
Ah, so the scattered flowers of genius rise;
These bloom to charm -- that, hid -- neglected dies.





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