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 Stars will blossom in the darkness,
 Violets bloom beneath the snow.  
 Stars will blossom in the darkness,
 Violets bloom beneath the snow. 
 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. 
 Violet! sweet violet!
 Thine eyes are full of tears;
  Are they wet
   Even yet
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 Violet! sweet violet!
 Thine eyes are full of tears;
  Are they wet
   Even yet
    With the thought of other years? 
 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? 
 Surely as cometh the Winter, I know
 There are Spring violets under the snow.  
 Surely as cometh the Winter, I know
 There are Spring violets under the snow. 
 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. 
 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. 
 It had a dying fall;
 O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound
  That breathes read more 
 It had a dying fall;
 O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound
  That breathes upon a bank of violets,
   Stealing and giving odor.