No Pippa, no Duchess, but—who would have guessed?—

A box of Chocolate Creams!

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THE PATRIOT.

It was roses, roses all the way,

With myrtles mixed in my path like mad.

The house-roofs seemed to heave and sway,

The church-spires flamed, such flags they had,

A year ago on this very day.