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IS 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. mI 
WIFFEN. i 
t In Turkey, the custom of planting the cypress 
r tree over the tombs of departed friends is still ) 

religiously adhered to; and in performing 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 river, which received her into its 





