Violet

Famous quotes containing the word violet:

“I think the King is but a man, as I am. The violet smells to
him as it doth to me.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“A violet by a mossy stone
Half hidden from the eye!
Fair as a star, when only one
Is shining in the sky.”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)

“At the violet hour, when the eyes and back
Turn upward from the desk when the human engine waits
Like a taxi throbbing waiting,”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)