modest violet
Example Sentences
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Let us be like the modest violet, who hides her beauty, rather than be boastful and foolish, as the stag was.
From Story Lessons of Character Building (Morals) and Manners by Bates, Loïs
Down in a humble dell A modest violet chanced to dwell Remote from gayer flowers; Its days were passed in simple ease, It sipped the dew and kissed the breeze, Nor thought of happier hours.
From Parker's Second Reader National Series of Selections for Reading, Designed For The Younger Classes In Schools, Academies, &C. by Parker, Richard Green
It flourished on the hill-side, and injured nothing; for its shadow was harmless, and served but as a kindly shelter for the modest violet and the pale primrose.
From The Buccaneer A Tale by Hall, S. C., Mrs.
He stood between the queenly rose and the modest violet.
From The Egoist by Meredith, George
The modest violet thus, concealed in thorny places sheds all unseen its delightful fragrance around.
From Paul and Virginia by Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de
