Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume II. Love. 1904. | | | | I. Admiration | | A Violet in her Hair | | Charles Swain (1801–1874) |
| | | A VIOLET in her lovely hair, | |
| A rose upon her bosom fair! | |
| But O, her eyes | |
| A lovelier violet disclose, | |
| And her ripe lips the sweetest rose | 5 |
| That ’s ’neath the skies. | |
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| A lute beneath her graceful hand | |
| Breathes music forth at her command; | |
| But still her tongue | |
| Far richer music calls to birth | 10 |
| Than all the minstrel power on earth | |
| Can give to song. | |
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| And thus she moves in tender light, | |
| The purest ray, where all is bright, | |
| Serene, and sweet; | 15 |
| And sheds a graceful influence round, | |
| That hallows e’en the very ground | |
| Beneath her feet! | | | | |
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