58 
THE IVY. 
tree an emblem of the husband’s fostering 
love. It is, therefore, most aptly chosen as 
the representative of wedded love. 
ILLUSTRATION OF THE SENTIMENT. 
I SAW two clouds at morning 
Tinged with the rising sun; 
And in the dawn they floated on. 
And mingled into one. 
I thought that morning cloud was blest, 
It moved so sweetly to the west. 
I saw two summer currents 
Flow sweetly to their meeting. 
And join their course with silent force. 
In peace each other greeting. 
Calm was their course through hanks of green, 
While dimpling eddies play’d between. 
Such be your gentle motion. 
Till life’s last pulse shall beat; 
Like summer’s beam and summer’s dream. 
Float on in joy, to meet 
A calmer sea, where storms shall cease— 
A purer sky, where till is peace. 
Brainard. 
