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The Wreath.
(The figure of the wreath lies before us, as we write, in all its fair outlines. The rose, the shamrock, and the thistle are blended in it in sign of the nationalities of the donors. The circle of the wreath is of laurel leaves.)
The Times, June 28, 1879.
O Tracy, twine no wreath for me,
Or twine it of some other tree!
Dust from a dusty Olive’s sprays
Has dimmed the lustre of those days.
I would my laurels were forgot—
O Turnerelli, twine them not!