"Sweet violet" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... that climbs our cottage eaves, Hath a low murmur 'mid its glossy leaves When the south wind sweeps by, that seems to be Too deeply laden with sad thoughts of thee— Of thee, our absent one!— The roses blossom, and their beauties die, And the sweet violet opes its pensive eye By thee unseen; and from the old, beech tree Thy robin pours his song unheard by thee, Dally at ...
— Poems of the Heart and Home • Mrs. J.C. Yule (Pamela S. Vining)
... admire the daring tulip, because I love also the modest lily? May I not press a kiss upon the sweet violet, because the scent of the queenly ...
— The Second Thoughts of An Idle Fellow • Jerome K. Jerome |
