Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
Robert Herrick. 1591–1674251. To Violets
| WELCOME, maids of honour! | |
| You do bring | |
| In the spring, | |
| And wait upon her. | |
| She has virgins many, | 5 |
| Fresh and fair; | |
| Yet you are | |
| More sweet than any. | |
| You’re the maiden posies, | |
| And so graced | 10 |
| To be placed | |
| ‘Fore damask roses. | |
| Yet, though thus respected, | |
| By-and-by | |
| Ye do lie, | 15 |
| Poor girls, neglected. |