modest violet
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You graceless wretch, you aren't usually so like ye modest violet!
From T. Haviland Hicks Senior by J. Raymond Elderdice
"If I had been a modest violet by a mossy stone," laughed Kate, "should I have taken up this work?"
From The Precipice by Elia Wilkinson Peattie
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
Directly after the sweet tones ceased, and the tune was commenced again in chorus by the singing class, the modest violet now becoming identified with the strident voice of Miss Feelier Potts who absolutely yelled.
From The New Mistress A Tale by George Manville Fenn
The modest violet, the jack-in-the-pulpit, even the four-leaf clovers will tell you stories about the forest and the field, so that wherever you walk you will be surrounded by your friends.
From The Elson Readers, Book 5 by William H. Elson
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