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LOVE'S PARTING WREATH.

thee, love, a blooming braid; I cull'd it at eve's 'witching hour; I twin'd it in the moon's sweet shade, When starlight dew was on each flower.

I chose the myrtle's fadeless leaf, For it will picture faith to thee; I chose the cypress—'tis like grief— And that may well my emblem be.