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The American Elm. — ‘ Patriotism .’ 
The love of our country, and an admiration of those, who, by their 
virtues, their talents, and their noble actions, have assisted to il¬ 
lustrate her history, and adorn her annals, cannot be too greatly en¬ 
couraged in the young, or fostered in the more advanced! The 
subjoined lines, recited by a little girl, one of the pupils at the Con¬ 
vent of the Sacred Heart, were addressed to Major General Gaines, 
when he visited the Seminary of that institution. 
The song of triumph, and the wreath of Bays, 
The hero’s meed in ancient classic days, 
With all romantic chivalry endears, 
Have passed like phantoms down the vale of years; 
But cherished memories linger round us yet, 
Like rays of glory when the sun has set, 
To shed reflected lustre o’er the earth, 
And gild the deeds of valor and of worth. 
Thus, when combined, as in thine own we see, 
All the young warrior might aspire to be, 
