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 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 eyes of spring, so azure,
 Are peeping from the ground;
  They are the darling violets,
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 The eyes of spring, so azure,
 Are peeping from the ground;
  They are the darling violets,
   That I in nosegays bound. 
 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. 
 The violets thinks, with her timid blue eye,
 To pass for a blossom enchantingly shy.  
 The violets thinks, with her timid blue eye,
 To pass for a blossom enchantingly shy. 
 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. 
 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. 
 The violets prattle and titter,
 And gaze on the stars high above.  
 The violets prattle and titter,
 And gaze on the stars high above.