modest violet
Example Sentences
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He stood between the queenly rose and the modest violet.
From The Egoist by Meredith, George
Pale as the love-sick hopeless maid they dye The modest violet; from the curious eye The modest violet turns her gentle head, And, by the thorn, weeps o'er her lowly bed.
From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de
The modest violet may exhale its fragrance through an overgrowth of noxious weeds—and humanity bears out the simile.
From Bucholz and the Detectives by Pinkerton, Allan
A modest violet be our queen, Still fragrant, though alone, Our king a laurel—evergreen— To which no blight is known.
From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Fuller, Margaret
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.
From Types of Children's Literature by Barnes, Walter
