modest violet
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Let us be like the modest violet, who hides her beauty, rather than be boastful and foolish, as the stag was.
From Story Lessons of Character Building (Morals) and Manners by Loïs Bates
The modest violet may exhale its fragrance through an overgrowth of noxious weeds—and humanity bears out the simile.
From Bucholz and the Detectives by Allan Pinkerton
The modest violet thus, concealed in thorny places sheds all unseen its delightful fragrance around.
From Paul and Virginia by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
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
It flourished on the hill-side, and injured nothing; for its shadow was harmless, and served but as a kindly shelter for the modest violet and the pale primrose.
From The Buccaneer A Tale by Mrs. S. C. Hall
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