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The violett.

The violet. doth growe in groue or feeldes,
In hedges, or in gardens, or high waies,
But whereso'ere it growes, it pleasure yeeldes:
So: where I come, I allwaies finde yor: praise,
Your name, and vertue too, (all people heare)
and touch with wounder, euerie common eare.