The violet flower symbolizes many qualities including: gentle appearance, love that is delicate, humility and faithfulness, retiring modesty, harmony of the mind and emotions, selfless love. In addition, since the color violet has the highest vibrational frequency in the visible light spectrum, the violet flower symbolizes death and resurrection and is associated with achieving balance between physical and spiritual energies. Additionally, violet flowers of different colors were used in eighteenth century "flower language" (secret messages conveyed between sweethearts through the kind and color of flower given) to communicate a range of ideas. Wordsworth has presented modern day readers--who don't often wander in untouched English and European woods--quite a challenge in trying to understand the violet in "violet by a mossy stone.