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 VICTORY VIOLETS

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Villain and he be many miles asunder. | author = | work = Romeo and Juliet. | place = Act III. Sc. 5. L. 82. The learned pate Ducks to the golden fool: all is oblique; There's nothing level in our cursed natures, But direct villainy. Timon of Athens. Act IV. Sc. 3. L. 17.

VIOLETS Viola

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Early violets blue and white Dying for their love of light. Edwin Arnold—Almond Blossoms. | note = | topic = | page = 833 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Deep violets, you liken to The kindest eyes that look on you, Without a thought disloyal. E. B. Browning—A Flower in a Letter. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 833 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Stars will blossom in the darkness, Violets bloom beneath the snow. Julia C. R. Dorr—For a Silver Wedding. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 833 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Again the violet of our early days Drinks beauteous azure from the golden sun, And kindles into fragrance at his blaze. Ebenezer Elliott—Miscellaneous Poems. Spring. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 833 }}