| Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922. | | | Songs
I. ‘Like violets pale i’ the Spring o’ the year’ | | By James Thomson (1834–1882) |
| | | LIKE violets pale i’ the Spring o’ the year | |
| Came my Love’s sad eyes to my youth; | |
| Wan and dim with many a tear, | |
| But the sweeter for that in sooth: | |
| Wet and dim, | 5 |
| Tender and true, | |
| Violet eyes | |
| Of the sweetest blue. | |
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| Like pansies dark i’ the June o’ the year | |
| Grow my Love’s glad eyes to my prime; | 10 |
| Rich with the purple splendour clear | |
| Of their thoughtful bliss sublime: | |
| Deep and dark, | |
| Solemn and true, | |
| Pansy eyes | 15 |
| Of the noblest blue. | | | | |
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