Literary Wildflowers


Week three of Wildflower Morning’s blog-a-long :) Found this at The Baldwin Project:

THE VIOLET
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,
No colours bright and fair;
It might have graced a rosy bower,
Instead of hiding there.

Yet there it was content to bloom,
In modest tints arrayed;
And there diffused its sweet perfume,
Within the silent shade.

Then let me to the valley go,
This pretty flower to see;
That I may also learn to grow
In sweet humility.

~JANE TAYLOR~

Posted in Backyard, Poetry

7 Responses to Literary Wildflowers

  1. Lana G! says:

    Amen,

    Then let me to the valley go,
    This pretty flower to see;
    That I may also learn to grow
    In sweet humility.

    That’s where it all starts!

  2. ellen b says:

    That is so beautiful and perfect for that photo!!

  3. I love this. Thank you for finding this poem to share with us. I like your photo too.

  4. We were on the same wavelength….I posted about a violet too!!!

    Your kindred spirit,
    Barb-Harmony Art Mom

  5. What a lovely poem about the violet. I can’t wait to see the violets in my garden.

  6. Molly says:

    Very nice, in the spring violets, grow in our lawn, and they are a welcome sight.

  7. Pamela says:

    You’ve set the bar!!!

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