174 FLORA AND THALIA. 



A CHRISTMAS WREATH. 



A WREATH for merry Christmas quickly twine, 

 A wreath for the bright red sparkUng wine, 



Though roses are dead 



And their bloom is fled, 

 Yet for Christmas a bonnie, bonnie wreath we'll twine. 

 Away to the wood where the bright holly grows, 

 And its red berries blush amid winter snows, 

 Away to the ruin where the green ivy clings. 

 And around the dark fane its verdure flings; 

 Hey ! for the ivy and holly so bright, 

 They are the garlands for Christmas night. 



LOUISA AKIfE TWAMLEt. 



A DAISY'S OFFERING. 



Hlk Think of the flowers culled for thee, 



In vest of silvery white, 

 When other flowers perchance you see, 

 Not fairer, but more bright. 



Sweet roses and carnations gay. 

 Have but a summer's reign ; 



I mingle with the buds of May, 

 Join drear December's train. 



