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						The Violet by Jane Taylor 
						
						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.						 
						
						
						
						
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