 | William Jordan Unwin - 1862 - 374 pages
...is the rea-son why the lit-tle boy has on-ly his soft na-ked skin. — Mrs. BarbaiM. LESSON III. — THE VIOLET. Down in a green and sha-dy bed, A mod-est...was bent, it hung its head, As if to hide from view. And yet it was a love-ly flow'r, Its col-ours bright and fair ; It might have grac'da ro-sy bower,... | |
 | Easy rhymes - Children's poetry, English - 1864 - 176 pages
...obtain, And take great care indeed, Lest I appear as pert and vain As is this gaudy weed. JANE TAYLOR. THE VIOLET. DOWN in a green and shady bed A modest...was bent, it hung its head, As if to hide from view. And yet it was a lovely flow'r, Its colours bright and fair ; It might have graced a rosy bow'r, Instead... | |
 | London missionary society - 1864 - 1116 pages
...resemble THE MODEST noWXB — that flower so fresh and fragrant— of which you haveofteusK. thus:— " Down in a green and shady bed A modest violet grew:...was bent; it hung its head, As if to hide from view ; " And yet it was a fragrant flower, Its hues so bright and fair, It might have graced a fairy bower,... | |
 | Easy poetry - 1865 - 206 pages
...day's over, Homeward we take our way, In the cart strewn with hay, Smelling of clover. SCMHEB RONGS. THE VIOLET. DOWN in a green and shady bed A modest violet grew ; Its stalk was bent, it bung its head, As if to hide from view. And yet it was a lovely flow'r, Its colours bright and fair... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - Readers - 1866 - 174 pages
...come to-morrow, so that I can show you how to get your Arithmetic lesson. Maria. I certainly will not. THE VIOLET. DOWN in a green and shady bed, A modest...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... | |
 | School songbooks - 1866 - 198 pages
...grew, Its 2. Yet there it was con - tent to bloom, In mod - est tints ar - ray'd ; And ÍEEO; -* — stalk was bent, it hung its head, As if to hide from view: And there dif - fused a sweet per - fume, With • in its si - lent shade : Then Cree. — >- f) yet... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1867 - 176 pages
...hint obtain, And take great care indeed, Lest I should grow as pert and vain As is this gaudy weed. THE VIOLET. DOWN in a green and shady bed A modest...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... | |
 | Charles Bilton - 1868 - 216 pages
...its quiet solitude, the type of modesty and humility. We all learn in childhood the simple verses — Down in a green and shady bed A modest violet grew...was bent, it hung its head, As if to hide from view. N And yet it was a lovely flower, Its colours bright and fair ; It might have graced a rosy bower,... | |
 | Jane Taylor - Children's poetry, English - 1868 - 202 pages
...vain As does this gaudy weed. THE VIOLET. :»OWN in a green and shady bed, A modest violet grew ; 1 ts stalk was bent, it hung its head As if to hide from view. And yet it was a lovely flower, Its colour bright and fair ; It might have graced a rosy bower, Instead... | |
 | Charles Bilton - 1869 - 82 pages
...she remembered that she herself was often impatient and wayward to the father who loved her dearly. THE VIOLET. Down in a green and shady bed, A modest...was bent, it hung its head, As if to hide from view. And yet it was a lovely flower, Its colours bright and fair ; It might have graced a rosy bower, Instead... | |
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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. 
