In the coolest nook of the glade
Bloomed a modest violet,
Happy to be in the elm’s shade;
In the coolest nook of the glade,
For a day has it been made,
To dance on the mossy velvet!
In the coolest nook of the glade
Bloomed a modest violet…
**Footnotes:
**The triolet is one of those old French forms, the oldest and simplest of them
all, going back at least to the thirteenth century. It is an 8-lined poem. Its
name comes from the repetition of the key line three times (French “tri”)Of the
triolet’s eight lines, the first line is used three times and the second line is
repeated once.