Jane Taylor - The Violet 汉译

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  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 thus it was content to bloom,

  In modest tints arrayed;

And there diffused a 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.