Poems : patriotic, religious, miscellaneous / by Abram J. Ryan [electronic text]

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Ryan, Abram Joseph, 1836-1886

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Baltimore, Md.: John B. Piet & Co.

1884

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"Poems : patriotic, religious, miscellaneous / by Abram J. Ryan [electronic text]." In the digital collection American Verse Project. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/BAD9548.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 19, 2025.

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LAUREL:

 I found it on a mountain slope, The sunlight on its face; It caught from clouds a smile of hope That brightened all the place. 

 They wreathe with it the warrior's brow, And crown the chieftain's head; But the laurel's leaves love best to grace The garland of the dead. 