modest violet

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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

You needn't hang your head, Mollums, like a modest violet; it's a solid fact.

From A Patriotic Schoolgirl by Salmon, Balliol

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.

It was not the blue of the hyacinth gleaming in the forest glade, nor the modest violet that empurples the path.

From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne

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