modest violet

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Then I left the poor pale lady to still her beating heart and kill her deadly apprehensions in the embroidery of the lily of the field and the modest violet.

From The First Violin A Novel by Fothergill, Jessie

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 Required Poems for Reading and Memorizing Third and Fourth Grades, Prescribed by State Courses of Study by Anonymous

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

The Violet 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 The Posy Ring A Book of Verse for Children by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

The r�le of the modest violet was not to be mine, I could see from the outset....

From Geraldine Farrar The Story of an American Singer by Farrar, Geraldine