In Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” Ophelia offers violets as faithfulness: “I would give you some violets, but they withered all when my father died”; In Romantic poetry, violets symbolize modesty and hidden love: Wordsworth’s “To the Violet” praises its “unassuming grace”; Modern eco-poems note native violets as early pollinator food: “Violets feed the first bees of March”; In love poetry, their hidden faces signify shy affection: “Your glance—violet: downcast, sweet, true”; In sensory verse, their scent is elusive: “Violet perfume—there, then gone, like memory”; In children’s verse, they’re spring’s first treasure: “She made a violet chain for her doll’s crown.”