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Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

By StephenCrane

1631 The Violets

THERE was a land where lived no violets.

A traveller at once demanded: “Why?”

The people told him:

“Once the violets of this place spoke thus:

‘Until some woman freely gives her lover

To another woman

We will fight in bloody scuffle.’”

Sadly the people added:

“There are no violets here.”