Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 78
By Oliver Herford. The Professor. Tell me, little violet white,If you will be so polite,Tell me how it came that youLost your pretty purple hue ? Were you blanched with sudden fears ? … Were you bleached with fairies tears ?Or was Dame Nature out of blue,Violet, when she came to you ? The Violet. Tell me, silly mortal, first,Ere I satisfy your thirstFor the truth concerning me—Why you are not like a tree ? Tell me why you move around, Trying different kinds of ground, With your…
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