Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 · Boston, Houghton, Osgood and company · leaf 114
OLET. 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. OUT OF DOORS. 97 Yet there it was content to bloom, In… … 98 CRILD LIFE.
Children's poetry
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