1631. The Violets by Stephen Crane. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

1631. The Violets

By Stephen Crane


THERE was a land where lived no violets.
A traveller at once demanded: “Why?”
The people told him:
“Once the violets of this place spoke thus:
‘Until some woman freely gives her lover	5
To another woman
We will fight in bloody scuffle.’”
Sadly the people added:
“There are no violets here.”