modest violet
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Several varieties of the lupine and the larkspur clothe the hillsides with every shade of color, while the modest violet seeks secluded spots in which to bloom.
From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Gilson, Jewett Castello
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 Graded Poetry: Third Year by Various
The modest violet thus, concealed in thorny places sheds all unseen its delightful fragrance around.
From Paul and Virginia by Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de
The merry-making and feasting continued, the fêtes still being given in Madame's honor, and "the modest violet" might have remained hidden beneath its leaves had not Madame Henriette's schemes involved Louise.
From In Château Land by Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth
A modest violet be our queen, Still fragrant, though alone, Our king a laurel—evergreen— To which no blight is known.
From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Fuller, Margaret
