<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Violets - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Who are the violets now That strew the green lap of the new-come spring? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who are the violets now That strew the green lap of the new-come spring?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It had a dying fall; O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound  That breathes upon a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60723]]></link><description><![CDATA[It had a dying fall; O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound  That breathes upon a bank of violets,   Stealing and giving odor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the violet lay dead while the odour flew On the wings of the wind o'er the waters blue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60724]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the violet lay dead while the odour flew On the wings of the wind o'er the waters blue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hath the pearl less whiteness Because of its birth?  Hath the violet less brightness   For growing near ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hath the pearl less whiteness Because of its birth?  Hath the violet less brightness   For growing near earth?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steals timidly away, Shrinking as violets do in summer's ray. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Steals timidly away, Shrinking as violets do in summer's ray.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surely as cometh the Winter, I know There are Spring violets under the snow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Surely as cometh the Winter, I know There are Spring violets under the snow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The violets thinks, with her timid blue eye, To pass for a blossom enchantingly shy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60720]]></link><description><![CDATA[The violets thinks, with her timid blue eye, To pass for a blossom enchantingly shy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The violets whisper from the shade Which their own leaves have made:  Men scent our fragrance on the air, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60721]]></link><description><![CDATA[The violets whisper from the shade Which their own leaves have made:  Men scent our fragrance on the air,   Yet take no heed    Of humble lessons we would read.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The violet is a nun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60711]]></link><description><![CDATA[The violet is a nun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are violets blue, For our sweetness found  Careless in the mossy shades,   Looking on the ground. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60712]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are violets blue, For our sweetness found  Careless in the mossy shades,   Looking on the ground.    Love's dropp'd eyelids and a kiss,--     Such our breath and blueness is.   - Leigh Hunt (James Henry Leigh Hunt),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And shade the violets, That they may bind the moss in leafy nets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60713]]></link><description><![CDATA[And shade the violets, That they may bind the moss in leafy nets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winds wanders, and dews drip earthward; Rains fall, suns rise and set;  Earth whirls, and all but to prosper ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winds wanders, and dews drip earthward; Rains fall, suns rise and set;  Earth whirls, and all but to prosper   A poor little violet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Violet! sweet violet! Thine eyes are full of tears;  Are they wet   Even yet    ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60715]]></link><description><![CDATA[Violet! sweet violet! Thine eyes are full of tears;  Are they wet   Even yet    With the thought of other years?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The violets were past their prime, Yet their departing breath  Was sweeter, in the blast of death,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60716]]></link><description><![CDATA[The violets were past their prime, Yet their departing breath  Was sweeter, in the blast of death,   Than all the lavish fragrance of the time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A vi'let on the meadow grew, That no one saw, that no one knew,  It was a modest flower. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60705]]></link><description><![CDATA[A vi'let on the meadow grew, That no one saw, that no one knew,  It was a modest flower.   A shepherdess pass'd by that way--    Light footed, pretty and so gay;     That way she came,      Softly warbling forth her lay.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A blossom of returning light, An April flower of sun and dew;  The earth and sky, the day and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60706]]></link><description><![CDATA[A blossom of returning light, An April flower of sun and dew;  The earth and sky, the day and night   Are melted in her depth of blue!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The modest, lowly violet In leaves of tender green is set;  So rich she cannot hide from view,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60707]]></link><description><![CDATA[The modest, lowly violet In leaves of tender green is set;  So rich she cannot hide from view,   But covers all the bank with blue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The violets prattle and titter, And gaze on the stars high above. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60708]]></link><description><![CDATA[The violets prattle and titter, And gaze on the stars high above.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The eyes of spring, so azure, Are peeping from the ground;  They are the darling violets,   That ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60709]]></link><description><![CDATA[The eyes of spring, so azure, Are peeping from the ground;  They are the darling violets,   That I in nosegays bound.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome, maids of honor, You doe bring  In the spring,   And wait upon her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60710]]></link><description><![CDATA[Welcome, maids of honor, You doe bring  In the spring,   And wait upon her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deep violets, you liken to The kindest eyes that look on you,  Without a thought disloyal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deep violets, you liken to The kindest eyes that look on you,  Without a thought disloyal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stars will blossom in the darkness, Violets bloom beneath the snow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60702]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stars will blossom in the darkness, Violets bloom beneath the snow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Again the violet of our early days Drinks beauteous azure from the golden sun,  And kindles into fragrance at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Again the violet of our early days Drinks beauteous azure from the golden sun,  And kindles into fragrance at his blaze.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cold blows the wind against the hill, And cold upon the plain;  I sit me by the bank, until ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60704]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cold blows the wind against the hill, And cold upon the plain;  I sit me by the bank, until   The violets come again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early violets blue and white Dying for their love of light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Early violets blue and white Dying for their love of light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60700</guid></item></channel></rss>