TO VIOLETS.
by Robert Herrick


WELCOME, maids-of-honour,
              You do bring
              In the spring,
And wait upon her.

She has virgins many,
              Fresh and fair ;
              Yet you are
More sweet than any.

You're the maiden posies,
              And so grac'd
              To be plac'd
'Fore damask roses.

Yet, though thus respected,
              By-and-by
              Ye do lie,
Poor girls, neglected.


Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol I.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 101.
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