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 there it was content to bloom, In modest tints arrayed;And there diffused its 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.
- Jane Taylor
About the Author.-Jane Taylor (1783-1824) and her sister Ann Taylor (1782-1866) were two English ladies who wrote poems for children and called the book Rhymes for the Nursery. One of them is the well-known "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star."