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VlOLET, WHITE. Class 5. Order 1. This specie* 



Viola blanda. has ver ^ odorous flowers. 



MODESTY. 



It has a scent, as though love, for its dower, 



Had on it all its odorous arrows tost; 

 For, though the rose has more perfuming power, 



The violet (haply cause 't is almost lost, 

 And takes us so much trouble to discover) 



Stands first with most, and always with a lover. 



Barry Cornwall. 



SENTIMENT. 



The maid whose manners are retired, 

 Who patient waits to be admired, 

 Though overlooked, perhaps, a while 

 Her modest worth, her modest smile, 

 O, she will find, or soon, or late, 

 A noble, fond and faithful mate, 

 Who, when the spring of life is gone, 

 And all its blooming flowers are flown, 

 Will bless old Time, who left behind 

 The graces of a virtuous mind. 

 ****** 



T is nature moulds the touching face : 

 T is she that gives the living grace, 

 The genuine charm that never dies, 

 The modest air, the timid eyes, 

 The stealing glance, that wins its way 

 To where the soul's affections lay; 

 T is nature, and 't is she alone, 

 That gives the bright celestial zone, 

 The zone of modesty, the charm 

 That coldest hearts can quickest warm; 

 Which all our best affections gains, 

 And, gaining, ever still retains. 



J. K. Pauldmt 



