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 Hath the pearl less whiteness
 Because of its birth?
  Hath the violet less brightness
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 Hath the pearl less whiteness
 Because of its birth?
  Hath the violet less brightness
   For growing near earth? 
 Deep violets, you liken to
 The kindest eyes that look on you,
  Without a thought disloyal.  
 Deep violets, you liken to
 The kindest eyes that look on you,
  Without a thought disloyal. 
 The violets whisper from the shade
 Which their own leaves have made:
  Men scent our fragrance on read more 
 The violets whisper from the shade
 Which their own leaves have made:
  Men scent our fragrance on the air,
   Yet take no heed
    Of humble lessons we would read. 
 Welcome, maids of honor,
 You doe bring
  In the spring,
   And wait upon her.  
 Welcome, maids of honor,
 You doe bring
  In the spring,
   And wait upon her. 
 Winds wanders, and dews drip earthward;
 Rains fall, suns rise and set;
  Earth whirls, and all but read more 
 Winds wanders, and dews drip earthward;
 Rains fall, suns rise and set;
  Earth whirls, and all but to prosper
   A poor little violet. 
 We are violets blue,
 For our sweetness found
  Careless in the mossy shades,
   Looking read more 
 We are violets blue,
 For our sweetness found
  Careless in the mossy shades,
   Looking on the ground.
    Love's dropp'd eyelids and a kiss,--
     Such our breath and blueness is.
   - Leigh Hunt (James Henry Leigh Hunt), 
 Cold blows the wind against the hill,
 And cold upon the plain;
  I sit me by the read more 
 Cold blows the wind against the hill,
 And cold upon the plain;
  I sit me by the bank, until
   The violets come again. 
 Again the violet of our early days
 Drinks beauteous azure from the golden sun,
  And kindles into read more 
 Again the violet of our early days
 Drinks beauteous azure from the golden sun,
  And kindles into fragrance at his blaze. 
 The violets prattle and titter,
 And gaze on the stars high above.  
 The violets prattle and titter,
 And gaze on the stars high above.