'HERE WE ARE TO COMFORT YOU ..." (GARDEN BLOGGERS' MUSE DAY) VIOLETS ~ FEBRUARY FLOWER OF THE MONTH)

"Look at us, said the violets blooming at her feet, all last winter we slept in the seeming death but at the right time God awakened us, and here we are to comfort you."

~ Edward Payson Rod

DOWNY YELLOW VIOLET

(Viola pubescens)

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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.

And yet it was a lovely flower,

Its colour bright and fair;

It might have graced a rosy bower,

Instead of hiding there.

Yet thus it was content to bloom,

In modest tints arrayed;

And there diffused a 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

(1783-1824 Colchester/England)

WHITE VIOLET

(Viola striata)

COMMON BLUE VIOLET

(Viola sororia)

"The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks."

~ Tennessee Williams

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