Thomas Humphry Ward, ed. The English Poets. 1880–1918.rnVol. IV. The Nineteenth Century: Wordsworth to Rossetti
Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)The Violet
[Published in the Edinburgh Annual Register for 1808]
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Where birchen boughs with hazels mingle,
May boast itself the fairest flower
In glen, or copse, or forest dingle.
Beneath the dewdrop’s weight reclining,
I’ve seen an eye of lovelier blue,
More sweet through watery lustre shining.
Ere yet the day be past its morrow;
Nor longer in my false love’s eye
Remained the tear of parting sorrow.