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Definition of Sweet violet
1. Noun. European violet typically having purple to white flowers; widely naturalized.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweet Violet
Literary usage of Sweet violet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Junior High School Literature by William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck (1919)
"sweet violet! JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Violet! sweet violet! Thine eyes are full of
tears; Are they wet Even yet 0 With the thought of other years? ..."
2. Elson Grammar School Reader by William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck (1910)
"sweet violet. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL.* Violet! sweet violet! Thine eyes are full
of tears; Are they wet Even yet With the thought of 'other years? ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1822)
"C WEET lovely harbinger of Spring, sweet violet ! I found you in the lone vale,
bare, In purest hue, sweet flow'ret rare, And you shall have my dearest care ..."
4. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by William Jackson Hooker (1849)
"It was mentioned that the white sweet violet had been set up by some botanists
as a species distinct from V. odorata. Specimens of both forms were exhibited ..."
5. Junior High School Literature by William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck (1919)
"sweet violet! JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Violet! sweet violet! Thine eyes are full of
tears; Are they wet Even yet 0 With the thought of other years? ..."
6. Elson Grammar School Reader by William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck (1910)
"sweet violet. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL.* Violet! sweet violet! Thine eyes are full
of tears; Are they wet Even yet With the thought of 'other years? ..."
7. The Gentleman's Magazine (1822)
"C WEET lovely harbinger of Spring, sweet violet ! I found you in the lone vale,
bare, In purest hue, sweet flow'ret rare, And you shall have my dearest care ..."
8. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by William Jackson Hooker (1849)
"It was mentioned that the white sweet violet had been set up by some botanists
as a species distinct from V. odorata. Specimens of both forms were exhibited ..."
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