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THE VIOLET SPEAKS by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: THINK NOT YON STAR
Last Line: OF YEARS, IS MINE.
Subject(s): FLOWERS; VIOLETS;
THINK not yon star,
New-found afar,
Love's latest sign;
Nor fondly dream
No fresher beam
Doth on thee shine:
A newer light,
From longer night
Of years, is mine.



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