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Heart's-ease  n.  
1.
Ease of heart; peace or tranquillity of mind or feeling.
2.
(Bot.) A species of violet (Viola tricolor), a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived; called also pansy.
Synonyms: wild pansy, Johnny-jump-up, heartsease, love-in-idleness, pink of my John, Viola tricolor.
3.
(Bot.) A violet of the Pacific coast of North America (Viola ocellata) having white petals tinged with yellow and deep violet.
Synonyms: two-eyed violet, heartsease, Viola ocellata.
4.
(Bot.) A common Old World viola (Viola arvensis) with creamy often violet-tinged flowers.
Synonyms: field pansy, heartsease, Viola arvensis.





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"Heart's-ease" Quotes from Famous Books



... once these were, Over-loving, living here; Being here their ends denied, Ran for sweethearts mad, and died. Love, in pity of their tears, And their loss in blooming years, For their restless here-spent hours, Gave them heart's-ease turn'd to flowers. ...
— The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2 • Robert Herrick
... turned again to their companions the exchange was made with the grace, silence, and calm unconsciousness of pure oversight,—or of general complicity. Very soon it suited Zosephine and Tarbox to sit down upon a little bench beside a bed of heart's-ease and listen to the orchestra. But Marguerite preferred to walk in and out among the leafy ...
— Bonaventure - A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana • George Washington Cable


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