Goethe's "The Violet" (arr. Mozart): A violet in the meadow stood, Unseen, bent down in lowlihood
It was a darling violet !
Soon came a shepherd-maiden there. With tripping step and blithesome air
So lithe, so fair !
And sang a carol sweet
" ' Ah !' thought the violet, * for the power To bloom as Nature's fairest flower, But for one moment only! To be by that dear maiden blest.
And plucked, and pillowed on her breast, Though 'twere, though 'twere But one, one moment fleet'
''Alas! the maiden nearer drew. Nor saw the violet where it grew, And crushed the little blossom. It died, but it rejoiced"' I lie Crushed by her tread, by her I die ;
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A violet in the meadow stood, Unseen, bent down in lowlihood
It was a darling violet !
Soon came a shepherd-maiden there. With tripping step and blithesome air
So lithe, so fair !
And sang a carol sweet
" ' Ah !' thought the violet, * for the power To bloom as Nature's fairest flower, But for one moment only! To be by that dear maiden blest.
And plucked, and pillowed on her breast, Though 'twere, though 'twere But one, one moment fleet'
''Alas! the maiden nearer drew. Nor saw the violet where it grew, And crushed the little blossom. It died, but it rejoiced"' I lie Crushed by her tread, by her I die ;
By her, by her "
Beneath her blessed feet !'
The poor violet!
It was a darling violet."
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