C YPRESS. 
{Mourning.) 
“ The cypress is the emblem of mourning.” — S haksfeark 
had accidentally slain his pet stag, and was so 
sorrow-stricken that he besought the gods to doom his life 
to everlasting gloom; and they in compliance with his 
request, transformed him into a cypress-tree. 
“ When, lost in tears, the blood his veins forsakes, 
His every limb a grassy hue partakes ; 
His flowing tresses, stiff and bushy grown, 
Point to the stars, and taper to a cone, 
Apollo thus : ‘ Ah ! youth, beloved in vain, 
Long shall thy boughs the gloom I feel retain : 
Henceforth, when mourners grieve, their grief to share, 
Emblem of woe the cypress shall be there.’ ” 
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CCORDING to Ovid, this tree was named after 
Cyparissus, an especial favourite of Apollo. He 
THE CYPRESS WREATH. 
SIR W. SCOTT. 
O lady, twine no wreath for me, 
Or twine it of the cypress-tree ! 
Too lively glow the lilies light, 
The varnished holly's all too bright, 
The May-flower and the eglantine 
May shade a brow less sad than mine ; 
But, lady, weave no wreath for me, 
Or weave it of the cypress-tree. 
