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

Sa-a-ay, girl, I'm a modest violet, I am, but I don't mind mentionin' that the general opinion up at the club is that I'm a little wizard with the cue.

From Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed by Ferber, Edna

Who shall say what it has cost them in self-sacrifice to limit themselves to the sober, modest violet for table and bonnet decoration during six whole weeks?

From A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things by O'Rell, Max

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

In a large garden there grew a fine oak tree, with its wide-spreading branches, and at its foot there grew a sweet and modest violet.

From The Life of Jesus Christ for the Young by Newton, Richard