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FLOWERS BY THE POETS. 
VIOLETS. 
Welcome, maids of honor! 
You do bring 
In the spring, 
And wait upon her. 
She has virgins many, 
Fresh and fair; 
Yet you are 
More sweet than any. 
Y’ are the maiden posies 
And, so graced, 
To be placed, 
’Fore the Damask Roses. 
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Robt. Herrick. 
VIOLET. 
Violet is for faithfulness 
Which in me shall abide ; 
Hoping, likewise, that from your heart 
You will not let it slide. Shakspeare. 
