Xenia epigram

Xenia epigram

A "xenia" epigram is an epigram attached to a gift, sometimes as represented in a "xenia" mosaic. Originally found in Latin literature, it was revived in the nineteenth century.

An example:

With a Mosaic "Forget me not"

:Accept and wear this constant flower,::Thus copied out by art.:It blooms in Nature but its hour,--::For ever in the heart.

:Affections into habits grown,--::Lives fastened in one lot,--:The flower has strengthened into stone::We name "Forget me not."

References

Nathaniel Langdon Frothingham, "Metrical Pieces: Translated and Original", Boston: Croby, Nichols, 1855. [http://books.google.com/books?id=xZIL7EBAuQUC&pg=PA349&dq=xenia+mosaic&lr=lang_en%7Clang_el&ei=VK-UR8SVCpvU7AKj48izBw&ie=ISO-8859-7 p. 349] .


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