 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. And yet it was a lovely flower, Its colors bright and fair ! It might have graced a rosy bower, Instead of hiding there.  A picture book for laddies and lassies - Page 73by Picture book - 1879 - 320 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1805 - 506 pages
...view. . And yet it was a lovely flow'r, Its colours bright and fair ; It might have grac'da rosy bow'r, Instead of hiding there. Yet there it was content to bloom, In modest tints array'dj And there it spread a sweet perfume, Within die silent shade. Then let me to the valley go,... | |
 | Ann Taylor - Children's poetry, English - 1806 - 154 pages
...view. 13 And yet it was a lovely flow'r, Its colours bright and fair; It might have grac'da rosy bow'r, Instead of hiding there. Yet there it was content to bloom, In modest tints array'd; And there diffus'd its sweet perfume, Within the silent shade. Then let me to the valley go,... | |
 | 1808 - 614 pages
...view. And yet it was a lovely flow'r, Its colours bright and fair ; It might have grac'da rosy bow'r, Instead of hiding there. Yet there it was content to bloom, In modest tints array'd ; And there it spread a sweet perfume. Within the silent shade. Then let me to the valley go,... | |
 | Parodies - 1813 - 410 pages
...stalk was bent, it hung its head, As if to hide from view. And yet it was a lovely flower, Its colors bright and fair! It might have graced a rosy bower...bloom, In modest tints arrayed; And there diffused its sweet perfume Within the silent glade. Then let me to the valley go, This pretty flower to see,... | |
 | Jane Taylor, Ann Taylor - Children - 1821 - 184 pages
...bent, it bung its head, As if to hide from view: And yet it was a lovely flower, Us colours bright ami fair; It might have graced a rosy bower, Instead of...content to bloom, In modest tints arrayed ; And there it spread its sweet perfume, Within the silent shade. Then let me to the valley go, This pretty flower... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - Readers - 1822 - 186 pages
...hide from view. And yet it was a lovely flower, Its colours bright and fair, It might have grac'da rosy bower, Instead of hiding there. Yet there it was content to bloom, In modest tints arrray'd ; And there difrus'd its sweet perfume, Within the silent shade. Then let me to the valley... | |
 | William Bolles - Spellers - 1828 - 164 pages
...view. And yet it was a lovely flow"r, Its colours bright and fair : It might have grac'da rosy bow'r» Instead of hiding there. Yet there it was content to bloom, In modest tints array'd ; And there it spread its sweet perfumei Within the silent shade * Then let me to the valley... | |
 | Ann Taylor, Jane Taylor - Children's poetry, English - 1830 - 158 pages
...Of all the flowers around. I should grow as pert and vain, As is this gaudy weed. THE VIOLET. DOWN in a green and shady bed, A modest violet grew ; Its...content to bloom, In modest tints arrayed ; And there it shed its sweet perfume, Within the silent shade. Then let me to the valley go, This pretty flower... | |
 | English poetry - 1831 - 272 pages
...view. And yet it was a lovely flow'r, Its colours fine and fair; It might have grac'da rosy bow'r, Instead of hiding there. Yet there it was content to bloom, In modest tints array'd ; And there diffus'd its sweet perfume, Within the silent shade. Then let me to the valley... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - American poetry - 1837 - 416 pages
...stalk was bent, it hung its head, As if to hide from view. And yet it was a lovely flower, Its color bright and fair ; It might have graced a rosy bower,...content to bloom, In modest tints arrayed; And there it sheds its sweet perfume, Within the silent shade. Then let me to the valley go, This pretty flower... | |
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