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And well its dark and drooping leaf. 
May image forth the gloom and grief. 
Which, when we parted, gave reply, 
From heaving heart and dewy eye : 
Then, lady, wear this wreath for me, 
Plucked from the faithful cypress tree. 
WIPPEN. 
In Turkey, the custom of planting the cy¬ 
press tree over the tombs of departed friends is 
still religiously adhered to ; and in perform¬ 
ing this duty they are careful to select the 
upright variety, as they suppose it to indicate 
that the soul of their friend has ascended to 
the regions of bliss. 
Peace to the dust that in silence reposes 
Beneath the dark shades of cypress and yew ; 
Let spring deck the spot with her earliest roses, 
And heaven wash their leaves with its holiest dew. 
PIERPONT. 
MUSIC, 
REEDS. 
Arcadian pipe, the pastoral reed 
Of Hermes. milton. 
Pan, being enamoured of the beautiful 
Syrinx, pursued her one day to the borders of 
the river Ladon, in Arcadia. The nymph 
implored the help of the riv&r, which received 
