modest violet
Example Sentences
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Thus the modest violet, concealed beneath the thorny bushes, sheds its fragrance, while itself remains unseen.
From Paul and Virginia from the French of J.B.H. de Saint Pierre by Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de
Down in a humble dell A modest violet chanced to dwell Remote from gayer flowers; Its days were passed in simple ease, It sipped the dew and kissed the breeze, Nor thought of happier hours.
From Parker's Second Reader National Series of Selections for Reading, Designed For The Younger Classes In Schools, Academies, &C. by Parker, Richard Green
Pale as the love-sick hopeless maid they dye The modest violet; from the curious eye The modest violet turns her gentle head, And, by the thorn, weeps o'er her lowly bed.
From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de
You needn't hang your head, Mollums, like a modest violet; it's a solid fact.
From A Patriotic Schoolgirl by Salmon, Balliol
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
