Though many a flower may win my praise,
The violet has my love;
I did not pass my childish days
In garden or in grove:
My garden was the window-seat,
Upon whose edge was set
A little vase-the fair, the sweet-
It was the violet. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)

Though many a flower may win my praise, The violet has my love; I did not pass my childish days In garden or in grove: My garden was the window-seat, Upon whose edge was set A little vase-the fair, the sweet- It was the violet.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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