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Laurel. — ‘ Ambition ‘ Love of Fame? 
There are few objects more interesting to contemplate than the 
struggles of a young and ardent spirit on the toilsome paths of fame; 
its aspirations after the lofty and beautiful are sublime ! To obtain 
the Laurel wreath is ever the object of its highest ambition, uncon¬ 
scious, it would seem, that the most deadly ‘poison is distilled from the 
leaves of the same tree. 
TO IDA. 
Enthusiast of the Western wild! 
I mark thine upward flight, 
By young ambition still beguiled 
To Delphi’s dizzy height, 
E’en with a sister’s pride, and own 
A sister’s love though scarcely known! 
A sympathy of thought has stirred 
Deep feelings in my soul, 
Which spring toward thee as bird 
Escaping from control, 
