What sense of joy it is that thrills me so

Whene’er I see blue violets in the grass.

—ISAAC B. CHOATE.

Here eglantine embalmed the air,

Hawthorn and hazel mingled there;

The primrose pale, and violet flower,

Found in each cliff a narrow bower.

—SIR WALTER SCOTT.

It trembled off the keys,—a parting kiss

So sweet,—the angel slept upon his sword