Part 3 — TO VIOLETS
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Welcome, maids of honor, 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 graced, To be placed 'Fore damask roses.
Yet, though thus respected, By and by Ye do lie, Poor girls, neglected.
Robert Herrick [1591-1674]